Evaluation of nested PCR targeting IS6110 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis

Biology and Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2 SPECIALISSUE, 2011, Pages 171-175

  Shukla, I ^a   Varshney, S ^a   Sarfraz, ^a   Malik, A ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Extra pulmonary tuberculosis; Nested PCR for tuberculosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862516969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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