Analytical accuracy and user-friendliness of the Afinion point-of-care CRP test

2013/09/11 by Jan Y. Verbakel, Jan Y Verbakel, Bert Aertgeerts +5 · 18 citations
Medicine · #Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control #Streptococcal Infections and Treatments #Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment

paper · doi:10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201654

Abstract

Letter to the editor

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