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Determining the minimum blood volume required for laboratory testing in newborns
Janne Cadamuro1, Martin Wald2, Cornelia Mrazek1
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
|March 10, 2025
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