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Letter to the Editor

Hemolysis may cause false negative results and underdiagnosis of celiac disease when measuring anti-tissue transglutaminase antibodies in serum by immunoassays

Freja EriksenDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; Correspondence[email protected]
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Jutarat CharoenpatrawutDepartment of Technology, Faculty of Health & Technology, Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sumbul ZamanDepartment of Technology, Faculty of Health & Technology, Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Isa Neimann ThomasenDepartment of Technology, Faculty of Health & Technology, Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lise BathumDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark;
Pages 428-429 | Received 31 Oct 2017, Accepted 28 Apr 2018, Published online: 15 May 2018

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