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To learn what effect a delayed autopsy might have on cation composition of diagnostic tissues, selected tissues were taken immediately after death, and remaining tissues from the same rats were taken after storage at 3° for 42-46 h. Cations were analyzed on an atomic absorption spectrophotometer and calculated on the basis of dry, defatted tissue weight. Cations in vitreous humor were relatively stable, but significant shifts of cations in or out of heart and skeletal muscle occurred in the opposite direct-ion from those of bone in both Mg-fed and Mg-deficient rats.
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Caddell, J., Scheppner, R. & Mcelfresh, A. COMPARISON OF CATIONS FROM SELECTED TISSUES IN MAGNES IUM (Mg)-FED AND Mg-DEFICIENT BABY RATS TAKEN WHEN KILLED VS. TAKEN AFTER TWO DAYS POSTMORTEM. Pediatr Res 11, 512 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-197704000-00852
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