An internal control for routine diagnostic PCR: Design, properties, and effect on clinical performance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 191-197

  Rosenstraus, Maurice ^a   Wang, Zhuang ^a   Chang, Sheng Yung ^a   Debonville, David ^a   Spadoro, Joanne P ^a  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 0031974426     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.1.191-197.1998     Document Type: Article

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