A Spuriously High Phenytoin Level and an Abnormal Lipemic Index: When Aberrant Laboratory Results Lead to a Medical Diagnosis.

J Appl Lab Med

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and.

Published: May 2017

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