Efficiency of polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 357-360

  Rafi, Abdolnasser ^a   Naghily, Behroor ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0141517640     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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