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How pH, Temperature, and Time of Incubation Affect False-Positive Responses and Uncertainty of the LAL Gel-Clot Test

Felipe Rebello Lourenço, Túlia De Souza Botelho and Terezinha De Jesus Andreoli Pinto
PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology November 2012, 66 (6) 542-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00887
Felipe Rebello Lourenço
Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Túlia De Souza Botelho
Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Terezinha De Jesus Andreoli Pinto
Departamento de Farmácia, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Nov 2012, 66 (6) 542-546; DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00887
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