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Cytosolic Calcium Measurements in Renal Epithelial Cells by Flow Cytometry
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Published on: October 28, 2014

Homeostatic response to abrupt changes in plasma calcium level in chronic renal failure

M Kaye, S Sagar, G F Cohen

    Israel Journal of Medical Sciences
    |March 1, 1971
    PubMed
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