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Measurement of Total Calcium in Neurons by Electron Probe X-ray Microanalysis
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Scanning electron microscopy and electron probe microanalysis of calcified alpha-elastin coacervates

B A Cox, B C Starcher, D W Urry

    Calcified Tissue Research
    |June 2, 1975
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