PCR detection of human cytomegalovirus DNA in clinical specimens using novel UL37 exon 3 and US3 primers

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 256-258

  Lesperance, Marci M ^a,b   Contopoulos Ioannidis, Despina G ^a   Del Pilar Gutiérrez, Maria ^a   Colberg Poley, Anamaris M ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031924358     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.5.2.256-258.1998     Document Type: Article

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