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. 1965 Mar;44(3):379–389. doi: 10.1172/JCI105151

Spectrochemical Analysis of Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, Copper, and Zinc in Normal Human Erythrocytes*

Leslie S Valberg 1,†, James M Holt 1, Eleanor Paulson 1, John Szivek 1
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