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Research Article

Increase of renal excretion of organo-mercury compounds like methlymercury by DMPS (2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic acid, Dimaval®)

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Pages 266-269 | Received 18 Oct 2005, Accepted 24 Dec 2006, Published online: 07 Oct 2008

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