Value of direct amplified test for diagnosis of tuberculosis

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9014, 1996, Pages 1500-1501

  Catanzaro, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0029931559     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90666-2     Document Type: Article

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