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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102274

THE USE OF AN ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY. I. TECHNIQUE

John P. Merrill, George W. Thorn, Carl W. Walter, Edmund J. Callahan III, and L. Hollingsworth Smith Jr.

Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston

Medical Clinic, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston

2

This work was done during the tenure of a Research Fellowship of the American Heart Association.

1

This study was supported in part by the John H. Harris Research Fund and the Medical-Surgical Research Fund of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.

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Published April 1, 1950 - More info

Published in Volume 29, Issue 4 on April 1, 1950
J Clin Invest. 1950;29(4):412–424. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102274.
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