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[摘要] We thank Drs. Crimmins and Goetze for their valuable comments. We would like to clarify a couple of points. As to the question of whether the antibodies against different epitopes of N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) possess different affinities against NT-proBNP1–76, they certainly do; however, we use competitive assays that employ NT-proBNP1–76 as a calibrator and tracer, as …

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