BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY DATA BANK, PART III: REFERENCES

María Ángeles Sebastián-Gámbaro, Francisco Javier Lirón-Hernández, Xavier Fuentes-Arderiu Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Correspondence: Dr. X. Fuentes-Arderiu Servei de Bioquímica Clínica Ciutat Sanitària i Universitària de Bellvitge 08907 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat Barcelona, Spain

Data Bank, Part I, Analytes A-L
Data Bank, Part II, Analytes L-Z

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Data Bank, Part I, Analytes A-L
Data Bank, Part II, Analytes L-Z
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