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Effect of a common reference plasma on the inter-laboratory variation of the measurement of total and free protein S: a collaborative study of the Dutch Working Group on Haemostasis Laboratory Diagnosis

P. Meijer Gaubius Laboratory, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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H. W. Verbruggen Gaubius Laboratory, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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B. De Weerd Gaubius Laboratory, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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E. -J. Den Dool Gaubius Laboratory, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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R. van Oerle Gaubius Laboratory, TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, St. Radboud Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Pages 149-157 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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