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HEPARIN is widely used as a blood anticoagulant. In the determination of calcium, in plasma, for example, it is commonly assumed that heparin has no effect on the assay. We have recently found, however, that the strontium content of heparin could be a very substantial correction in the determination of the strontium content of heparinized plasma. This result stimulated us to determine the calcium, strontium and barium content of five different preparations of heparin which were available here.
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HARRISON, G., SUTTON, A. Alkaline Earths in Heparin. Nature 197, 809 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197809a0
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