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THE daily intake of copper in man exceeds normal requirements1, but abnormally high body stores have only been recorded in Wilson's disease2,3. Knowledge of the exact mechanism of the absorption of dietary copper is incomplete4 and even less is known about the absorption of endogenous biliary copper or its entero-hepatic circulation4,5. This report concerns the relative intestinal absorption of exogenous copper-64 in two chemical forms (ionic cupric acetate and chelated copper (II-EDTA)) and the absorption of endogenous biliary copper and caeruloplasmin copper.
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FARRER, P., MISTILIS, S. Absorption of Exogenous and Endogenous Biliary Copper in the Rat. Nature 213, 291–292 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213291b0
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