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. 1996 Oct 19;313(7063):1010. doi: 10.1136/bmj.313.7063.1010

Usefulness of urine dipstick tests. Packaging may lead to false positive results.

A Edwards, S Granier, J van der Voort

PMCID: PMC2352313 PMID: 8892446

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