Diagnosis of measles pneumonia from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction: Case report

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 212-215

  Matsuo, Nobuko ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; CD4 CD8 ratio; Measles; Pneumonia; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144489803     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02490038     Document Type: Article

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