Traditional and newer approaches to laboratory diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infections

Clinical Microbiology Newsletter

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Marcon, Mario J ^a   Salamon, Douglas ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 0008223345     PISSN: 01964399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-4399(97)84243-2     Document Type: Article

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