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An indirect data-mining approach to standardise paediatric serum phosphate reference intervals in Wales

  • Annabel Rodham EMAIL logo and Soha Zouwail

Corresponding author: Dr. Annabel Rodham, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK, Phone: +44 2921 846662, 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: Not applicable.

  5. Ethical approval: Not applicable.

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Supplementary Material

This article contains supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2023-0249).


Received: 2023-03-08
Accepted: 2023-06-22
Published Online: 2023-07-10
Published in Print: 2024-01-26

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