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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI104910

On the Concentrating Defect in Cirrhosis of the Liver

Hershel Jick, Donald E. Kamm, Julian G. Snyder, Robert S. Morrison, and Thomas C. Chalmers

Clinical Pharmacology and Renal and Electrolyte Divisions of the Medical Service, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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

†

This investigation was carried out during tenure as a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee and was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-4789, H-2324, and A-2334), and by gifts from G. D. Searle Co., Chicago, Ill.

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Submitted for publication August 27, 1963; accepted October 17, 1963.

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Clinical Pharmacology and Renal and Electrolyte Divisions of the Medical Service, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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

†

This investigation was carried out during tenure as a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee and was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-4789, H-2324, and A-2334), and by gifts from G. D. Searle Co., Chicago, Ill.

*

Submitted for publication August 27, 1963; accepted October 17, 1963.

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Clinical Pharmacology and Renal and Electrolyte Divisions of the Medical Service, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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

†

This investigation was carried out during tenure as a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee and was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-4789, H-2324, and A-2334), and by gifts from G. D. Searle Co., Chicago, Ill.

*

Submitted for publication August 27, 1963; accepted October 17, 1963.

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Clinical Pharmacology and Renal and Electrolyte Divisions of the Medical Service, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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

†

This investigation was carried out during tenure as a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee and was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-4789, H-2324, and A-2334), and by gifts from G. D. Searle Co., Chicago, Ill.

*

Submitted for publication August 27, 1963; accepted October 17, 1963.

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Clinical Pharmacology and Renal and Electrolyte Divisions of the Medical Service, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Department of Public Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

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

†

This investigation was carried out during tenure as a Clinical Pharmacology Trainee and was supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (H-4789, H-2324, and A-2334), and by gifts from G. D. Searle Co., Chicago, Ill.

*

Submitted for publication August 27, 1963; accepted October 17, 1963.

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Published February 1, 1964 - More info

Published in Volume 43, Issue 2 on February 1, 1964
J Clin Invest. 1964;43(2):258–266. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI104910.
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