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Differences in analytical and biological results between older and newer lots of a widely used irisin immunoassay question the validity of previous studies

  • Rafael Montes-Nieto , M. Ángeles Martínez-García , Manuel Luque-Ramírez and Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Héctor F. Escobar-Morreale, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Carretera de Colmenar km 9’1, E-28034 Madrid, Spain, Phone/Fax: +34-91 336 9029, E-mail:

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Received: 2015-11-2
Accepted: 2015-11-11
Published Online: 2015-12-17
Published in Print: 2016-7-1

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