Does aggregation show up on HPLC or do I need SEC?

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This is a recurring problem with one particular shipping lane rather than a one-off.

I suspect the honest answer is that it depends, in which case I would like to know on what.

Assume I can obtain either option without difficulty, so availability is not the deciding factor.

What is the actual trade-off, and does it matter at the scale I am working at?

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6This matches what I was told by a laboratory, for whatever that is worth. – tandem_gradient 21 days ago

7Minor: the trial name is hyphenated in the original publication. – forty_two_c 2 months ago

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