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Water and electrolyte flux rates in the duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon, and effects of osmolarity

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Supported by research grants from the U.S.P.H.S. (H-2098 and SF-161) and from the Minnesota Heart Association.

The data shown in Table 1 and the remainder of the new data presented in this paper were all obtained in preliminary experiments by Dr. Ernest Berkas in the author's laboratory as a part of the research for his doctorate thesis.

This paper is a revised and updated version of material presented at the Gastroenterology Research Group Symposium, Chicago, Oct. 31, 1958.

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Grim, E. Water and electrolyte flux rates in the duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon, and effects of osmolarity. Digest Dis Sci 7, 17–27 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02231926

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