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Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1009-1011

  Horowitz, Gary L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MALE; STANDARDS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84938791352     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.243048     Document Type: Review

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