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Can chewing gum be another source of preanalytical variability in fasting outpatients?

INTRODUCTION: In the daily laboratory practice, there are patients coming to blood collection sites chewing sugar-free gum, considering it irrelevant to laboratory tests. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a sugar-free chewing gum can interfere with laboratory tests. METHODS: We studied 2...

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Autores principales: Stonys, Ricardas, Banys, Valdas, Vitkus, Dalius, Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Communications and Publications Division (CPD) of the IFCC 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7109498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32256287