Urinary inhibitors of polymerase chain reaction and ligase chain reaction and testing of multiple specimens may contribute to lower assay sensitivities for diagnosingChlamydia trachomatisinfected women
- 1 August 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier BV in Molecular and Cellular Probes
- Vol. 11 (4), 243-249
- https://doi.org/10.1006/mcpr.1997.0109
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