Molecular diagnostic in infectious disease pathology: An update

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 29, Issue 5 SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Cathomas, Gieri ^a  

^a Laboratory for Pathology of Infectious Diseases   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS REPLICATION; YERSINIOSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 71749107071     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpat.2009.07.053     Document Type: Article

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