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ALTHOUGH numerous metabolic activities have been investigated in the alloxan diabetic rat, the red cell survival has not been reported. Derangement in the metabolism of the human erythrocyte in diabetes mellitus was shown recently by Long and Carson1. The present communication reports a reduction in the red cell life-span in the alloxan diabetic rat.
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Long, W. K., and Carson, P. E., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm., 5, 394 (1961).
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YOUNATHAN, E., MARVIN, H. Decreased Erythrocyte Survival in Alloxan Diabetic Rat. Nature 197, 85 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197085a0
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