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The blood-urea of a 43-year-old woman with normal renal function was 150 mg. per 100 ml. because she regularly consumed about 400 g. of protein daily. She had no symptoms of uraemia and her haemoglobin concentration was normal. Although she had a very large body-urea pool she degraded no more urea than healthy individuals on a normal diet. The failure of endogenous urea hydrolysis to increase in proportion to the blood-urea in renal failure has tentatively been ascribed to toxic effects of compounds retained with urea in renal failure; the findings in this azotaemic patient, who had neither signs nor symptoms of uraemia, cast doubt upon that explanation.
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Tavill AS, Varcoe R, Halliday D, Richards P, Carson ER. Proceedings: The role of the enterohepatic circulation of urea nitrogen in hepatic albumin synthesis in man. Gut 1975; 16:399. [PMID: 1140660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/08/2022]
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Varcoe R, Halliday D, Carson ER, Richards P, Tavill AS. Efficiency of utilization of urea nitrogen for albumin synthesis by chronically uraemic and normal man. CLINICAL SCIENCE AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE 1975; 48:379-90. [PMID: 1126130 DOI: 10.1042/cs0480379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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1. The relation between endogenous urea metabolism and albumin synthesis has been studied in ten patients with chronic renal failure and in four normal subjects, after single intravenous injections of [14-C]urea,[15-N]urea and 125-I-labelled albumin. 2. The rate of urea synthesis was determined from the dynamics of plasma [14-C]urea specific radioactivity and the rate of urea metabolism was estimated from the relative rates of urea synthesis and urea appearance in urine and body water. Deconvolution analysis of plasma [15N]albumin enrichmevt and 125-i-labelled albumin radioactivity yielded the cumulative incorporation of 15-N into total exchangeable albumin and enabled calculation of the absolute rate of urema nitrogen utilization for albumin synthesis. 3. Although the mean absolute rate of urea degradation in uraemic patients (3-7 mmol/h) was higher than in normal subjects (2-3 mmol/h) there was no significant positive correlation between urea degradation and plasma urea concentration. 4. In uraemic subjects, there was a significant positive correlation between urea synthetic rate and urea degration rate. 5. The rate of utilization of urea nitrogen for albumin synthesis was low, but was very much higher in uraemic subjects (mean 83-8 mumol/h) compared with normal subjects (mean 6-4 mumol/h), as was the provision by urea of the nitrogen required for albumin synthesis in uraemic subjects (2-37%) compared with normal subjects (0-13%). 6. The efficiency of utilization of urea nitrogen for albumin synthesis was higher in the uraemic patients (1-3%) than the normal subjects (0-2%), and was higher in those patients with chronic renal failure who received a 30 g protein diet than those on 70 g of protein. A significant negative correlation was noted between efficiency of urea nitrogen utilization and the rate of synthesis of albumin. 7. These studies suggest the presence of a mechanism for the conservation of urea nitrogen in chronic renal failure which is unrelated to the extent of urea degradation, and which can only be partly explained by the higher proportion of intraluminal gut nitrogen derived from urea.
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Lebowitz E, Greene MW, Fairchild R, Bradley-Moore PR, Atkins HL, Ansari AN, Richards P, Belgrave E. Thallium-201 for medical use. I. J Nucl Med 1975; 16:151-5. [PMID: 1110421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Thallium-201 merits evaluation for myocardial visualization, kidney studies, and tumor diagnosis because of its physical and biologic properties. A method is described for preparation of this radiopharmaceutical for human use. A critical evaluation of 201Tl and other radiopharmaceuticals for myocardial visualization is given.
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Richards P. Mrs. Partington and the consultants. Lancet 1975; 1:91-2. [PMID: 46036 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)91087-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Protein metabolism in uraemia is reviewed. Very few, if any, disorders of amino acid metabolism can at present confidently be attributed to uraemia per se rather than to protein/energy deprivation. Retained urea nitrogen is recycled to the liver as ammonia; a proportion is reutilized for synthesis of non-essential amino acids and, if their carbon skeletons are supplied, for synthesis of essential amino acids. Practical applications of the reutilization of non-amino nitrogen in advanced chronic renal failure are being explored. Nevertheless, uraemic individuals readily become undernourished, and they should receive as much protein as their symptoms will permit.
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Richards P. Letter: diuretics in hypertension. BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL 1974; 4:654. [PMID: 4441837 PMCID: PMC1612986 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5945.654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Richards P. Rescuing the N.H.S. West J Med 1974. [DOI: 10.1136/bmj.3.5927.415-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Richards P. Letter: Blowing the trumpet. Lancet 1974; 1:1001. [PMID: 4133624 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)91323-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Steigman J, Eckelman WC, Meinken G, Isaacs HS, Richards P. The chemistry of technetium labeling of radiopharmaceuticals by electrolysis. J Nucl Med 1974; 15:75-80. [PMID: 4810593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Murgia E, Richards P, Walton HF. Liquid chromatography of xanthines, analgesic drugs and coffee. J Chromatogr A 1973; 87:523-33. [PMID: 4765848 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)91754-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Brock PG, Richards P. Reversal of rapidly progressive renal failure associated with polyarteritis. Proc R Soc Med 1973; 66:656-7. [PMID: 4741400 PMCID: PMC1645099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Moore R, Richards P. Acute ileostomy diarrhoea with incipient renal failure due to fish tapeworm infestation. Proc R Soc Med 1973; 66:657-8. [PMID: 4741401 PMCID: PMC1645061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Richards P, Jones MB, Peart WS. Periodic hypokalaemic paralysis, adrenal adenoma, and normal colonic transport of sodium and potassium. Gut 1973; 14:478-84. [PMID: 4719216 PMCID: PMC1412734 DOI: 10.1136/gut.14.6.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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A 47-year-old woman was cured of hypokalaemia and recurrent paralysis by the excision of an adrenal adenoma. Hypertension was initially ameliorated but was not cured. Suppression of plasma renin activity was abolished when the adenoma was excised. Repeated measurement of plasma corticosteroids before operation showed a slight increase in aldosterone and normal plasma concentrations of deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, and cortisol. No evidence of excess mineralocorticoid was obtained from measurement of the electrolyte composition of colonic fluid or of rectal potential difference, although both these variables responded normally to salt depletion and exogenous aldosterone. The diagnostic importance of the paradoxically normal colonic measurements is emphasized and the possibility is considered that the adenoma may have secreted an unidentified hormone.
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Susskind H, Richards P, Atkins HL. Closing volume. Lancet 1973; 1:603-4. [PMID: 4120664 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(73)90746-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Atkins HL, Eckelman WC, Klopper JF, Richards P. Vascular imaging with 99m Tc-red blood cells. Radiology 1973; 106:357-60. [PMID: 4567602 DOI: 10.1148/106.2.357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Atkins HL, Eckelman WC, Hauser W, Klopper JF, Richards P. Splenic sequestration of 99m Tc-labeled red blood cells. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:811-4. [PMID: 5080014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Richards P, Brown CL, Lowe SM. Synthesis of tryptophan from 3-indolepyruvic acid by a healthy woman. J Nutr 1972; 102:1547-9. [PMID: 5081686 DOI: 10.1093/jn/102.11.1547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Brown CL, Houghton BJ, Souhami RL, Richards P. The effects of low-protein diet and uraemia upon urea-cycle enzymes and transaminases in rats. Clin Sci (Lond) 1972; 43:371-6. [PMID: 5077514 DOI: 10.1042/cs0430371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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1. Activities of arginine synthetase system enzymes, alanine aminotransferase (AlT) and branched-chain amino acid transaminase (BATase) were measured in control and uraemic rats after 2 weeks on a free protein intake and after 10 days on a low-protein diet.
2. Protein restriction alone reduced the activity of all three enzymes.
3. Uraemia alone increased the activity of arginine synthetase system enzymes and AlT. BATase was not altered.
4. After protein restriction the BATase activity in uraemic rats decreased to the same extent as in controls. The activity of arginine synthetase system enzymes and AlT were significantly higher than in protein-restricted controls and were the same as in control rats on a normal diet.
5. Practical consequences of the finding that uraemia prevented the decrease of AlT but not of BATase activity in response to a low-protein diet are discussed, with particular reference to reutilization of urea-nitrogen for the synthesis of non-essential and essential amino acids.
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Eckelman WC, Meinken G, Richards P. The chemical state of 99m Tc in biomedical products. II. The chelation of reduced technetium with DTPA. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:577-81. [PMID: 5041632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Lebowitz E, Richards P, Baranosky J. 18 F recoil labeling. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES 1972; 23:392-4. [PMID: 5080822 DOI: 10.1016/0020-708x(72)90126-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Richards P, Teunissen PA, Wildschut JT. Vegetation and Flora of the Savannas in the Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve, Northern Suriname. J Appl Ecol 1972. [DOI: 10.2307/2402077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Richards P, Ward RC. Small Watershed Experiments, an Appraisal of Concepts and Research Developments. J Appl Ecol 1972. [DOI: 10.2307/2402079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Atkins HL, Hauser W, Richards P, Klopper J. Adverse reactions to radiopharmaceuticals. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:232-3. [PMID: 5058248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Eckelman WC, Richards P. Analytical pitfalls with 99m Tc-labeled compounds. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:202-4. [PMID: 5058237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Eckelman WC, Richards P. Technetium labeling of albumin. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:180-1. [PMID: 5008107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Giordano C, Phillips ME, De Santo NG, De Pascale C, Fürst P, Brown CL, Houghton BJ, Richards P. Utilisation of ketoacid analogues of valine and phenylalanine in health and uraemia. Lancet 1972; 1:178-82. [PMID: 4109551 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90573-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Klopper JF, Hauser W, Atkins HL, Eckelman WC, Richards P. Evaluation of 99m Tc-DTPA for the measurement of glomerular filtration rate. J Nucl Med 1972; 13:107-10. [PMID: 5007959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Lebowitz E, Atkins HL, Hauser W, Klopper JF, Muranda M, Richards P. 99m Tc-gelatin: a "compound" with high renal specificity. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES 1971; 22:786-9. [PMID: 5144131 DOI: 10.1016/0020-708x(71)90147-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hauser W, Atkins HL, Richards P. Renal uptake of 99m Tc-iron-ascorbic acid complex in man. Radiology 1971; 101:637-41. [PMID: 5129108 DOI: 10.1148/101.3.637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Eckelman WC, Meinken G, Richards P. 99m Tc-human serum albumin. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:707-10. [PMID: 5113630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Eckelman WC, Richards P. Instant 99m compounds. NUCLEAR-MEDIZIN 1971; 10:245-51. [PMID: 5118980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Eckelman WC, Richards P, Hauser W, Atkins HL. 99m Tc-DTPA preparations. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:699. [PMID: 5112222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Eckelman W, Meinken G, Richards P. Chemical state of 99mTc in biomedical products. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:596-600. [PMID: 5571881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Weinstein MB, Eckelman WC, Richards P, Hauser W, Atkins H. Technetium-labeled red blood cells. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:577-8. [PMID: 5093433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Hauser W, Atkins HL, Eckelman WC, Richards P. Thyroidal pertechnetate uptake in Hashimoto's disease. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY, RADIUM THERAPY, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE 1971; 112:720-5. [PMID: 5109297 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.112.4.720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Lebowitz E, Greene MW, Richards P. On the production of 123 I for medical use. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES 1971; 22:489-91. [PMID: 5097084 DOI: 10.1016/0020-708x(71)90172-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Eckelman W, Atkins HL, Richards P, Hauser W, Klopper JF. Visualization of the human spleen with 99mTc-labeled red blood cells. J Nucl Med 1971; 12:310-1. [PMID: 5580851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Richards P, Brown CL, Houghton BJ, Thompson E. Replacement of two essential aminoacids by ketoacids in the diet of healthy and uraemic men. Clin Sci (Lond) 1971; 40:11P. [PMID: 5550890 DOI: 10.1042/cs040011p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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