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Articles

Evaluation of point-of-care tests for detecting microalbuminuria in diabetic patients

, MBChB, FCFP, MMed(Chem Path), FCPath, , MBChB, BScHons, FCPath & , MSc, PhD
Pages 281-286 | Received 26 Jul 2010, Accepted 20 Dec 2010, Published online: 15 Aug 2014

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