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<journal-id journal-id-type="doi">10.1002/(ISSN)2001-1326</journal-id>
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<journal-title xml:lang="en">Clinical and Translational Medicine</journal-title>
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<article-title xml:lang="en">Raman spectroscopic molecular fingerprinting of biomarkers for inflammatory bowel disease</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">BUCHAN <sc>et al.</sc></alt-title>
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<surname>Buchan</surname>
<given-names>Emma</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<given-names>Jonathan James Stanley</given-names>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<given-names>Pola Goldberg</given-names>
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<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="correspondenceTo">*</xref>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<named-content content-type="organisation-division">School of Chemical Engineering</named-content>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences</named-content>

<institution>University of Birmingham</institution>

<city>Birmingham</city>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Department of Physics</named-content>

<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Cavendish Laboratory</named-content>

<institution>University of Cambridge</institution>

<city>Cambridge</city>
 <country country="GB">UK</country>
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<sup>3</sup>
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<named-content content-type="organisation-division">Biochemical Engineering</named-content>

<institution>Healthcare Technologies Institute</institution>

<institution>Institute of Translational Medicine</institution>

<city>Birmingham</city>
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<corresp id="correspondenceTo"><label>*</label><bold>Correspondence</bold><break/>Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer, School of Chemical Engineering, Advanced Nanomaterials Structures and Applications Laboratories, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.<break/>Email: <email>GoldberP@bham.ac.uk</email><break/></corresp>
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<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic"><day>03</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="print"><month>11</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date><volume>13</volume>
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<date date-type="rev-recd">
<day>14</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<date date-type="received">
<day>19</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<date date-type="accepted">
<day>19</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2023</year>
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