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Eltrombopag interferes with the measurement of plasma total bilirubin in pediatric patients in an automated colorimetric method

  • Ezequiel Kutasz , Alejandra Barbieri , Gabriela D’Isa , Agostina Toscano , Carla Chilelli , Virginia Jurado and Eduardo A. Chaler EMAIL logo
  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: 2018-07-24
Accepted: 2018-09-21
Published Online: 2018-10-17
Published in Print: 2019-05-27

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