Biological and technical variables affecting immunoassay recovery of cytokines from human serum and simulated vaginal fluid: a multicenter study.

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Published in Anal Chem on May 17, 2008

Authors

Raina N Fichorova1, Nicola Richardson-Harman, Massimo Alfano, Laurent Belec, Cedric Carbonneil, Silvia Chen, Lisa Cosentino, Kelly Curtis, Charlene S Dezzutti, Betty Donoval, Gustavo F Doncel, Melissa Donaghay, Jean-Charles Grivel, Esmeralda Guzman, Madeleine Hayes, Betsy Herold, Sharon Hillier, Carol Lackman-Smith, Alan Landay, Leonid Margolis, Kenneth H Mayer, Jenna-Malia Pasicznyk, Melanie Pallansch-Cokonis, Guido Poli, Patricia Reichelderfer, Paula Roberts, Irma Rodriguez, Hela Saidi, Rosaria Rita Sassi, Robin Shattock, James E Cummins

Author Affiliations

1: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. rfichorova@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

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