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Iodine containing contrast media and urinary flow cytometry: an unknown interference in automated urine sediment analysis

  • Matthijs N. Oyaert EMAIL logo , Marc L. De Buyzere , Koenraad L. Verstraete , Marijn M. Speeckaert and Joris R. Delanghe ORCID logo

Corresponding author: Matthijs N. Oyaert, Pharm, PhD, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Corneel Heymanslaan 10 9000, Gent, Belgium, Phone: +09 332 35 12, Fax: +09 332 49 85, E-mail:

  1. Research funding: None declared.

  2. Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.

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Received: 2021-02-03
Accepted: 2021-02-10
Published Online: 2021-02-22
Published in Print: 2021-07-27

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