PCR detection of viral nucleic acid in fatal asthma: Is the lower respiratory tract a reservoir for common viruses?

Canadian Respiratory Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-43

  Hegele, Richard G ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fatal asthma; Polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory viruses

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032954535     PISSN: 11982241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1999/938049     Document Type: Article

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