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Serum Bilirubin and the Van Den Bergh Reaction

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THE problem of the nature of direct and indirect bilirubin remains obscure, in spite of many attempts to explain the phenomenon of the two types of reaction.

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GARDIKAS, C., KENCH, J. & WILKINSON, J. Serum Bilirubin and the Van Den Bergh Reaction. Nature 159, 842 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159842a0

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