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. 1966 Nov;45(11):1817–1825. doi: 10.1172/JCI105485

The sodium, potassium, and water contents of red blood cells of healthy human adults.

L J Beilin, G J Knight, A D Munro-Faure, J Anderson
PMCID: PMC292863  PMID: 5926448

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