Multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-71

  Mahony, J B ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE;

EID: 0029918011     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0272-2712(18)30287-7     Document Type: Review

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