Participation of mercuric conjugates of cysteine, homocysteine, and N- acetylcysteine in mechanisms involved in the renal tubular uptake of inorganic mercury

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-561

  Zalups, Rudolfs K ^a   Barfuss, Delon W ^b  

^a Division of Basic Medical Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; MERCURY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONJUGATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MEDULLA; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MERCURIALISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXICOKINETICS; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0031923777     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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