Laboratory tests for SARS: Powerful or peripheral?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-64

  Fouchier, Ron A M ^a,b  

^a Osterhaus   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CANADA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NOTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STANDARD; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TITRATION;

EID: 1642451963     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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