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Water in red blood cells and plasma of mesenteric blood

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The red blood cell, by virtue of its ability to gain or lose water, quickly buffers changes in plasma osmolality, solute concentration, and hematocrit of portal venous blood produced by placing hypotonic or hypertonic fluid in the lumen of the small bowel.

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  1. E. A. Ernst MD

    Present address: Department of Anesthesiology, Case Western Reserve University Medical School, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio

  2. R. A. Nelson MD

    Present address: Section of Nutrition, Mayo Clinic, 55901, Rochester, Minn

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  1. From the George H. Scott Research Foundation and the Departments of Physiology and Pathology, Case Western Reserve University Medical School, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio

    E. A. Ernst MD, R. A. Nelson MD & H. F. McCorkle MD

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Supported in part by the Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland.

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Ernst, E.A., Nelson, R.A. & McCorkle, H.F. Water in red blood cells and plasma of mesenteric blood. Digest Dis Sci 15, 343–346 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02239290

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