APMIS

Volume 107, Issue S89 pp. 5-36

Diagnosis of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis infection by use of DNA amplification

LARS ØSTERGAARD, 

LARS ØSTERGAARD

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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LARS ØSTERGAARD, 

LARS ØSTERGAARD

Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

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First published: 12 October 2011

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.1999.tb05672.x

Citations: 15

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