Comparative study of different standardization concepts in quantitative competitive reverse transcription-PCR assays

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 628-633

  Haberhausen, Gerd ^a   Pinsl, Judith ^a   Kuhn, Carl Christoph ^a   Markert Hahn, Christine ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

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ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031916683     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.3.628-633.1998     Document Type: Article

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