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. 1960 Feb;39(2):332–341. doi: 10.1172/JCI104044

THE EXISTENCE OF AMMONIA IN BLOOD IN VIVO WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NH4+−NH3 SYSTEM *

Philip A Bromberg 1,†, Eugene D Robin 1,‡, Claude E Forkner Jr 1,§
PMCID: PMC441811  PMID: 13804718

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