Extreme clinical chemistry.

Clin Chim Acta

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, 7.103 Founders Pavilion, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address:

Published: August 2015

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