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10.1515/CCLM.2005.152

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The future of clinical laboratories: more testing or knowledge services?

Mario Plebani1

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Citation Information: Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine. Volume 43, Issue 9, Pages 893–896, ISSN (Online) 1437-4331, ISSN (Print) 1434-6621, DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.152, September 2005

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