Evaluation of AMPLILINK software for the COBAS AMPLICOR system

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 436-437

  Kessler, Harald H ^a   Jungkind, Donald ^b   Stelzl, Evelyn ^a   Direnzo, Sue ^b   Vellimedu, Srinivas K ^a   Pierer, Karen ^a   Santner, Brigitte ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032928259     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.436-437.1999     Document Type: Article

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