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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI105164

The Net Balance of Acid in Subjects Given Large Loads of Acid or Alkali

Jacob Lemann Jr., Edward J. Lennon, A. David Goodman, John R. Litzow, and Arnold S. Relman

Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.

†

Present address: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee 13, Wis.

‡

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Boston University Medical Center, 750 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. 02118.

*

Submitted for publication September 1, 1964; accepted December 1, 1964.

Presented in part before the Association of American Physicians, May 1964. A preliminary report of some of this work is in press (1).

This investigation was supported in part by a U. S. Public Health Service research career program award (K6-AM-1589) and a research grant (AM-06728) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and by a clinical research center grant (5-MO1-FR-58) from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health.

Find articles by Lemann, J. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.

†

Present address: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee 13, Wis.

‡

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Boston University Medical Center, 750 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. 02118.

*

Submitted for publication September 1, 1964; accepted December 1, 1964.

Presented in part before the Association of American Physicians, May 1964. A preliminary report of some of this work is in press (1).

This investigation was supported in part by a U. S. Public Health Service research career program award (K6-AM-1589) and a research grant (AM-06728) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and by a clinical research center grant (5-MO1-FR-58) from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health.

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Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.

†

Present address: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee 13, Wis.

‡

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Boston University Medical Center, 750 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. 02118.

*

Submitted for publication September 1, 1964; accepted December 1, 1964.

Presented in part before the Association of American Physicians, May 1964. A preliminary report of some of this work is in press (1).

This investigation was supported in part by a U. S. Public Health Service research career program award (K6-AM-1589) and a research grant (AM-06728) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and by a clinical research center grant (5-MO1-FR-58) from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health.

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

Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.

†

Present address: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee 13, Wis.

‡

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Boston University Medical Center, 750 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. 02118.

*

Submitted for publication September 1, 1964; accepted December 1, 1964.

Presented in part before the Association of American Physicians, May 1964. A preliminary report of some of this work is in press (1).

This investigation was supported in part by a U. S. Public Health Service research career program award (K6-AM-1589) and a research grant (AM-06728) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and by a clinical research center grant (5-MO1-FR-58) from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health.

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Evans Memorial Department of Clinical Research, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Department of Medicine, Marquette University School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wis.

†

Present address: Milwaukee County General Hospital, Milwaukee 13, Wis.

‡

Address requests for reprints to: Dr. Arnold S. Relman, Boston University Medical Center, 750 Harrison Ave., Boston, Mass. 02118.

*

Submitted for publication September 1, 1964; accepted December 1, 1964.

Presented in part before the Association of American Physicians, May 1964. A preliminary report of some of this work is in press (1).

This investigation was supported in part by a U. S. Public Health Service research career program award (K6-AM-1589) and a research grant (AM-06728) from the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases and by a clinical research center grant (5-MO1-FR-58) from the Division of Research Facilities and Resources, National Institutes of Health.

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Published in Volume 44, Issue 4 on April 1, 1965
J Clin Invest. 1965;44(4):507–517. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI105164.
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