Fol. Biol. 2021, 67, 158-162

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2021067040158

Measurement of Urea in the Saliva of Healthy Mice – a Pilot Study

Alexandra Gaál Kovalčíková1,2, N. Ivašková2, J. Hodosy2, Ľ. Podracká1, P. Celec2,3,4, Ľubomíra Tóthová2

1Department of Paediatrics, National Institute of Children’s Diseases and Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
2Institute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
3Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
4Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

Received July 2021
Accepted October 2021

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