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Albumin synthesis in cirrhotic subjects with ascites studied with carbonate-14C
Marcus A. Rothschild, Murray Oratz, David Zimmon, Sidney S. Schreiber, Irwin Weiner, Adrian Van Caneghem
Marcus A. Rothschild, Murray Oratz, David Zimmon, Sidney S. Schreiber, Irwin Weiner, Adrian Van Caneghem
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Albumin synthesis in cirrhotic subjects with ascites studied with carbonate-14C

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The synthesis of serum albumin was measured in 19 patients with cirrhosis of the liver and ascites. Carbonate-14C was used to label the guanido carbon of arginine in albumin.

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Marcus A. Rothschild, Murray Oratz, David Zimmon, Sidney S. Schreiber, Irwin Weiner, Adrian Van Caneghem

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