Kill or cure: Misuse of chelation therapy for human diseases

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Volumn 284, Issue , 2015, Pages 278-285

  Crisponi, Guido ^a   Nurchi, Valeria M ^a   Lachowicz, Joanna I ^a   Crespo Alonso, Miriam ^a   Zoroddu, Maria A ^b   Peana, Massimiliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Cardiovascular disease; Chelation therapy; EDTA; Speciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918592742     PISSN: 00108545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.04.023     Document Type: Review

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