Laboratory results that should be ignored.

Dirk M Elston

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Laboratory results that should be ignored.

November 1, 2006

Elston DM. MedGenMed. 2006;8(4):9.

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The author discusses false laboratory results that should be ignored to avoid unnecessary treatments and advocates for improvement in the entire testing cycle.

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