Standardisation of nucleic acid amplification assays used in clinical diagnostics: A report of the first meeting of the SoGAT Clinical Diagnostics Working Group

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-105

  Fryer, Jacqueline F ^a   Minor, Philip D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microbiology; NAT; Quality control; WHO International Standard

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 59849093299     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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