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IN experiments on the immediate effects of ultra-violet irradiation on connective tissue we have demonstrated a marked reduction of the viscosity of potassium hyaluronate solutions, the reduction being as pronounced as that obtained with hyaluronidase. The effect has been determined in vitro by the viscosimetric method described in 1948 by Dalgaard-Mikkelsen and Kvorning1.
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HVIDBERG, E., KVORNING, S., SCHMIDT, A. et al. Reduction of the Viscosity of a Potassium Hyaluronate Solution by Ultra-violet Irradiation. Nature 181, 1338 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811338a0
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