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Comments on the notion of false positivity in measurements of autoantibodies

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  1. Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Valdemar Grill

  2. HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Levanger, Norway

    Elin Sørgjerd

  3. Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

    Ingrid Hals

  4. Department of Research, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway

    Ingrid Hals

  5. Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

    Sofia Carlsson

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Grill, V., Sørgjerd, E., Hals, I. et al. Comments on the notion of false positivity in measurements of autoantibodies. Diabetologia 67, 567–568 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-023-06061-9

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