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A Semi-Automated and Reproducible Biological-Based Method to Quantify Calcium Deposition In Vitro
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Sodium reduces calcium binding to albumin and fibrinogen

H Takahashi, Y Ando, T Akimoto

    Clinical Nephrology
    |October 16, 2004
    PubMed
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