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Chelation Therapy

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Definition: Therapy of heavy metal poisoning using agents which sequester the metal from organs or tissues and bind it firmly within the ring structure of a new compound which can be eliminated from the body.  coord IM with specific chelating agent /ther use (IM) + metal being chelated with no qualif    Other names Therapies, Chelation; Chelation Therapies; Therapy, Chelation

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