Real-time monitoring of cytomegalovirus infections after stem cell transplantation using the TaqMan polymerase chain reaction assays

Transplantation

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1733-1736

  Yun, Zhibing ^a   Lewensohn Fuchs, Ilona ^a   Ljungman, Per ^a   Vahlne, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; TAQ POLYMERASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0034720038     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200004270-00037     Document Type: Article

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