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Rapid uptake of calcium in maturing enamel of the rat incisor

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Six rats were given intravascular injections containing 45Ca, killed by perfusion with fixative and the incisor teeth removed within 2 min. Direct autoradiography of the maturing enamel surface showed bands of 45Ca uptake at this short interval.

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  1. Department of Anatomic Sciences, Temple University, School of Dentistry, 3223 North Broad Street, 19140, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    E. J. Reith & M. I. Schmid

  2. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT, London, England

    A. Boyde

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Reith, E.J., Schmid, M.I. & Boyde, A. Rapid uptake of calcium in maturing enamel of the rat incisor. Histochemistry 80, 409–410 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00495426

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