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. 1964 Nov;45(5):757–782.

Cardiac Necrosis and Calcification in Experimental Magnesium Deficiency

A Light and Electron Microscopic Study

H Alexander Heggtveit, Lawrence Herman, Rajendra K Mishra
PMCID: PMC1907156  PMID: 14223580

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