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RETARDED CALLUS FORMATION IN RABBITS TREATED WITH SODIUM CITRATE



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Abstract

The experiments showed that the administration of sodium citrate retards fracture healing. This is probably due to a change in the solubility of the calcium or to a relative calcium deficiency on account of the excretion in the urine, or to a combination of both factors. Other reasons cannot, however, be excluded, such as a biochemical effect on the ground substance or an enzyme deficiency.

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