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Artefactual bands on urine protein immunofixation gels

  • Yael Volovik EMAIL logo , Suheir Nimri-Ammouri , Orit Rozenberg , Clara Henig and Mira Barak

Corresponding author: Dr. Yael Volovik, Electrophoresis Department , Central Laboratory of Haifa and Western Galilee, Clalit Health Services, 47 Hatassia, Nesher, Israel; and Central Laboratory of Haifa and Western Galilee, Clalit Health Services, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Phone: +97248209090, Fax: +97248209018, E-mail: , .

  1. Research funding: None declared.

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

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2020-11-21
Accepted: 2021-01-11
Published Online: 2021-01-22
Published in Print: 2021-06-25

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