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A new suggested approach in screening for Bence Jones protein and potential kidney damage

  • Patrizia Natali EMAIL logo , Elena De Santis , Giovanna Patelli , Maria Rosaria Cucinelli , Manuela Varani and Tommaso Trenti

Corresponding author: Dr. Patrizia Natali, Department of Laboratory Medicine, OCSAE Azienda USL of Modena, Local Unit Health of Modena, Via Pietro Giardini 1355, 41126 Modena, Italy, Phone (Office): +39 059 3962318

  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: 2018-03-20
Accepted: 2018-07-11
Published Online: 2018-08-08
Published in Print: 2019-03-26

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