Abstract
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1. The phosphorus of the blood was fractionated by a combination of acid and phosphatase hydrolysis and the results compared in normal and rachitic infants. 2. In infants with rickets there is a reduction in the acid soluble phosphorus of the blood which is made up of decreases in the inorganic phosphate, the readily acid hydrolysable phosphorus, and the fraction not hydrolysable by bone phosphatase under stated conditions. 3. The chemical nature of these fractions is discussed.
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