Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis by a ligase chain reaction amplification method

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-180

  Rumpianesi, Fabio ^a,b   Donati, Manuela ^a   Negosanti, Massimo ^a   D'Antuono, Antonietta ^a   La Placa, Michelangelo ^a   Cevenini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TISSUE CULTURE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0029887404     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199605000-00003     Document Type: Article

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