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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102776

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THORACIC DUCT LYMPH IN MAN

H. R. Bierman, R. L. Byron Jr., K. H. Kelly, R. S. Gilfillan, L. P. White, N. E. Freeman, N. L. Petrakis, Grace Singer, and Fauno Cordes

Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Medicine and Cancer Research Institute, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

Department of Surgery, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Cal.

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Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Federal Security Agency, San Francisco, Cal.

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Published July 1, 1953 - More info

Published in Volume 32, Issue 7 on July 1, 1953
J Clin Invest. 1953;32(7):637–649. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102776.
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