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. 1993 Aug;93(2):139–141. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1993.tb07955.x

Pitfalls in the measurement of soluble forms of cell surface receptors.

N R Ling
PMCID: PMC1554849  PMID: 8348738

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