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DURING the work on K-avitaminosis in chicks, it is often observed that in some animals large amounts of transparent fluid accumulate, for example, in the subcutaneous connective tissue. It has now been possible to produce this symptom systematically by using a diet from which the protein has been very thoroughly extracted by alcohol.
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DAM, H., GLAVIND, J. Alimentary Exudative Diathesis. Nature 142, 1077–1078 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421077b0
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