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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103522

Cation Accumulation by Muscle Tissue: The Displacement of Potassium by Rubidium and Cesium in the Living Animal

Arnold S. Relman, Anne T. Lambie, Belton A. Burrows, and Arlene M. Roy

Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, The Radioisotope Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was supported in part by grants from the Greater Boston Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association, and from the Atomic Energy Commission (Contract AT 30-10-919, with the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals).

2

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, May, 1956.

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Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, The Radioisotope Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was supported in part by grants from the Greater Boston Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association, and from the Atomic Energy Commission (Contract AT 30-10-919, with the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals).

2

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, May, 1956.

Find articles by Lambie, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, The Radioisotope Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was supported in part by grants from the Greater Boston Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association, and from the Atomic Energy Commission (Contract AT 30-10-919, with the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals).

2

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, May, 1956.

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Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research and Preventive Medicine, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, The Radioisotope Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.

1

This study was supported in part by grants from the Greater Boston Chapter of the Massachusetts Heart Association, and from the Atomic Energy Commission (Contract AT 30-10-919, with the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals).

2

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, May, 1956.

Find articles by Roy, A. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Published August 1, 1957 - More info

Published in Volume 36, Issue 8 on August 1, 1957
J Clin Invest. 1957;36(8):1249–1256. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103522.
© 1957 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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