Development of a simplex polymerase chain reaction-based assay for the detection of Neisseria meningitidis

Molecular Diagnosis

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Glustein, Joseph Z ^a   Zhang, Yingze ^c   Wadowsky, Robert M ^a,b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Molecular diagnostics

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GENE SEQUENCE; MENINGITIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032701058     PISSN: 10848592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-8592(99)80026-5     Document Type: Article

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