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Clinically useful samples and reference change value

  • Ezequiel Kutasz , Juan Manuel Lazzati , Mercedes Maceiras , Veronica Zaidman , Marta Rubinstein and Eduardo A. Chaler EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Eduardo A. Chaler, Endocrinology, Hospital de Pediatria Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan, Combate de los pozos 1881 Buenos Aires 1245, Argentina, Phone: +54 11 43053634, Fax: +54 11 43080767, E-mail:

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Received: 2014-6-23
Accepted: 2014-7-24
Published Online: 2014-8-15
Published in Print: 2015-2-1

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