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. 1933 Apr 30;57(5):705–720. doi: 10.1084/jem.57.5.705

THE EFFECT OF RESTRICTION OF PROTEIN INTAKE ON THE SERUM PROTEIN CONCENTRATION OF THE RAT

Arthur L Bloomfield 1
PMCID: PMC2132264  PMID: 19870156

Abstract

Rats placed on a low protein diet for 21 weeks, in spite of marked loss of body weight, showed no significant decrease of serum protein concentration aside from an initial (physiological ?) drop.

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