The effect of gold on copper and zinc in kidney and in metallothionein

Research Communications in Molecular Pathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-176

  Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD DERIVATIVE; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GOLD; KIDNEY; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ZINC;

EID: 0029840613     PISSN: 10780297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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