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Review Article| Volume 29, ISSUE 3, P449-461, September 2009

Point-of-Care Testing Informatics

  • Ji Yeon Kim
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    Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Pathology Service, WRN 219, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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  • Kent Lewandrowski
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    Corresponding author. Gray 5-536 Chemistry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114.
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    Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Gray 5-536 Chemistry, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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