Being careful with PCR to avoid erroneous discoveries

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 323-324

  Raoult, Didier ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA SEQUENCE; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79954485597     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.554857     Document Type: Editorial

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