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Rania Bakkar1, Grace Moore, Alvin Martin
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Louisville Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
International Journal of Surgical Pathology
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Intranuclear biotin interacts with avidin-biotin-complex used for viral immunoperoxidase detection giving false-positive results.
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