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Peroxidation of Lipid from Normal and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria Erythrocytes

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PREVIOUS investigations in this laboratory demonstrated that in vivo red cell damage in animals and humans during exposure to oxygen under high pressure was associated with peroxidation of erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acids1,2.

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  1. CHARLES E. MENGEL: John and Mary Markle Foundation Scholar in Academic Medicine.

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MERIWETHER, W., MENGEL, C. Peroxidation of Lipid from Normal and Paroxysmal Nocturnal Haemoglobinuria Erythrocytes. Nature 210, 91–92 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210091b0

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