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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103219

THE RELATION OF NITROGEN RETENTION TO NITROGEN INTAKE IN ADULTS WITH POST-TRAUMATIC MALNUTRITION

Bruce T. Forsyth, Margaret E. Shipman, Irvin C. Plough, Betty Hackley, and Albert Fryar

Department of Metabolism, Medical Division, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C.

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Capt., MC, U. S. Army; Present Address: 3720 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Missouri.

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1st Lt., WMSC, U. S. Army; Present Address: Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Denver, Colorado.

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Major, MC, U. S. Army.

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Department of Metabolism, Medical Division, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C.

1

Capt., MC, U. S. Army; Present Address: 3720 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Missouri.

2

1st Lt., WMSC, U. S. Army; Present Address: Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Denver, Colorado.

3

Major, MC, U. S. Army.

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Department of Metabolism, Medical Division, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C.

1

Capt., MC, U. S. Army; Present Address: 3720 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Missouri.

2

1st Lt., WMSC, U. S. Army; Present Address: Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Denver, Colorado.

3

Major, MC, U. S. Army.

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Department of Metabolism, Medical Division, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C.

1

Capt., MC, U. S. Army; Present Address: 3720 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Missouri.

2

1st Lt., WMSC, U. S. Army; Present Address: Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Denver, Colorado.

3

Major, MC, U. S. Army.

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Department of Metabolism, Medical Division, Army Medical Service Graduate School, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington 12, D. C.

1

Capt., MC, U. S. Army; Present Address: 3720 Washington Boulevard, St. Louis 8, Missouri.

2

1st Lt., WMSC, U. S. Army; Present Address: Army Medical Nutrition Laboratory, Denver, Colorado.

3

Major, MC, U. S. Army.

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Published November 1, 1955 - More info

Published in Volume 34, Issue 11 on November 1, 1955
J Clin Invest. 1955;34(11):1653–1661. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103219.
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