Diagnosis of cutaneous tuberculosis in biopsy specimens by PCR and Southern blotting

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 889-891

  Quiros E ^b   Maroto, M C ^a,c   Bettinardi, A ^b   Gonzalez I ^a   Piedrola G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Combiotec ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous tuberculosis; PCR; Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN TUBERCULOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0029803022     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.11.889     Document Type: Article

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