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Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation Volume 50, 1990 - Issue 2
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Analysis of the relation between lithium clearance and sodium clearance in rats

K. Thomsen The Psychopharmacology Research Unit, Aarhus University Institute of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Hospital, DK-8240, Risskov, Denmark
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D. G. Shirley Department of Physiology, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London, W6 8RF, UK
Pages 209-215 | Received 14 Jun 1989, Accepted 27 Sep 1989, Published online: 29 Mar 2011

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