Relevance and Criticality in an External Quality Assessment for the Determination of Diphtheria Antitoxin
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Cite this article: von Hunolstein C, Ralli L, Pinto A, Stickings P, Efstratiou A, et al. (2014) Relevance and Criticality in an External Quality Assessment for the Determination of Diphtheria Antitoxin. J Immunol Clin Res 2(2): 1022. *Corresponding author Christina von Hunolstein, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, viale Regina Elena, 00161 Rome, Italy, Tel: +3906-4990-2036; Fax: +39-06-387115; Email:
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