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Long-term stability of serum samples positive for carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT) routinely stored at −20 °C

Agnese Veronesi, Cristina Rota, Chiara Carone, Tommaso Trenti and Elisabetta Cariani
From the journal Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)
https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2016-0074
Keywords: carbohydrate deficient transferrin (CDT); cut-off; stability; storage
Corresponding author: Agnese Veronesi, Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Agostino-Estense, Via Giardini 1355, 41126 Modena, Italy, Phone: +39 0593961427, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions:All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership:None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests:The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2016-1-26
Accepted: 2016-2-9
Published Online: 2016-3-12
Published in Print: 2016-10-1

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