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A case of interference in testosterone, DHEA-S and progesterone measurements by second generation immunoassays

  • Federico Cresta , Luca Arcuri , Silvia Bianchin , Carlo Castellani , Rosaria Casciaro , Thomas Matulli Cavedagna , Mohamad Maghnie , Sebastiano Barco and Giuliana Cangemi EMAIL logo

Corresponding author: Giuliana Cangemi, PhD, Central Laboratory of Analyses, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Via G. Gaslini 3-5, 16147Genoa, Italy, Phone: +39 (0) 1056362835, Fax: +39 (0) 103994168, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Informed consent: Informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in this study.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Received: 2020-12-03
Accepted: 2021-01-07
Published Online: 2021-02-01
Published in Print: 2021-06-25

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