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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103432

The Metabolism of Ammonia and α-Keto-Acids in Liver Disease and Hepatic Coma

W. H. J. Summerskill, Stanley J. Wolfe, and Charles S. Davidson

aThorndike Memorial Laboratory and Second and Fourth (Harvard) Medical Services, Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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Rockefeller Travelling Fellow of the Medical Research Council of Great Britain.

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Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

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This work was supported in part by a contract between Harvard University and the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and in part by grants to Harvard University from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, and Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York.

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aThorndike Memorial Laboratory and Second and Fourth (Harvard) Medical Services, Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Rockefeller Travelling Fellow of the Medical Research Council of Great Britain.

3

Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between Harvard University and the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and in part by grants to Harvard University from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, and Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York.

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aThorndike Memorial Laboratory and Second and Fourth (Harvard) Medical Services, Boston City Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

2

Rockefeller Travelling Fellow of the Medical Research Council of Great Britain.

3

Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Heart Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between Harvard University and the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and in part by grants to Harvard University from Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, The Nutrition Foundation, Inc., New York, New York, and Lederle Laboratories Division of the American Cyanamid Company, Pearl River, New York.

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Published March 1, 1957 - More info

Published in Volume 36, Issue 3 on March 1, 1957
J Clin Invest. 1957;36(3):361–372. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103432.
© 1957 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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