Dilemmas and realities of rapid diagnostic tests for tuberculosis

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 4-5

  Heifets, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033929170     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.1.4     Document Type: Editorial

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