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State of the art of measurement uncertainty of serum ferritin

  • Leila Rovegno EMAIL logo , Elisa Civera , Ilenia Infusino and Mauro Panteghini

Corresponding author: Dr. Leila Rovegno, Clinical Pathology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, via G.B. Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy; and Research Centre for Metrological Traceability in Laboratory Medicine (CIRME), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Phone: +39 02 39042683, E-mail:

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  2. Informed consent: Not applicable.

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

  4. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  5. Research funding: None declared.

  6. Data availability: Not applicable.

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Received: 2023-07-07
Accepted: 2023-07-07
Published Online: 2023-07-20
Published in Print: 2024-01-26

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