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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI102855

THE USE OF RADIOACTIVE CHROMIUM 51 AS AN ERYTHROCYTE TAGGING AGENT FOR THE DETERMINATION OF RED CELL SURVIVAL IN VIVO

Franklin G. Ebaugh Jr., Charles P. Emerson, Joseph F. Ross, Rose Aloia, Pearl Halperin, and Helen Richards

Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

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Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

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Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

3

Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

Find articles by Emerson, C. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

3

Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

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

Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

3

Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

Find articles by Aloia, R. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

3

Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

Find articles by Halperin, P. in: PubMed | Google Scholar

Robert Dawson Evans Memorial Laboratory, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, Boston, Mass.

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

3

Part of this work was performed while a Public Health Service Research Fellow of the National Cancer Institute.

1

This work was supported in part by a contract between the Atomic Energy Commission and the Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and funds from the American Cancer Society of Massachusetts, Inc., Boston Blood Grouping Laboratory.

2

Presented in part before the Committee on Blood and Related Problems, National Research Council, Washington, D. C., September 17, 1952, and the American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, Boston, Massachusetts, April 16, 1953.

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Published December 1, 1953 - More info

Published in Volume 32, Issue 12 on December 1, 1953
J Clin Invest. 1953;32(12):1260–1276. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI102855.
© 1953 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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