Blood plasma and saliva levels of magnesium and other bivalent cations in patients with parotid gland tumors

Magnesium Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 254-258

  Grǎdinaru, Irina ^a   Ghiciuc, Cristina Mihaela ^a   Popescu, Eugenia ^a   Nechifor, Cristina ^a   Mândreci, Ioan ^a   Nechifor, Mihai ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Blood; Calcium; Magnesium; Parotid cancer; Saliva

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049185279     PISSN: 09531424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/mrh.2007.0118     Document Type: Article

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