Indirect haemagglutination test using gonococcal pilus antigen: How useful to diagnose gonorrhoea?

Genitourinary Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1987, Pages 250-255

  Reimann, K ^a   Odum, L ^a   Larsen, S O ^a   Lind, I ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD AND HEMOPOIETIC SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; GONORRHEA; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023238483     PISSN: 02664348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.63.4.250     Document Type: Article

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