Evaluation of self-taken samples for the presence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in women using the ligase chain reaction assay.

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Published in Int J STD AIDS on December 01, 1999

Authors

C Carder1, A J Robinson, C Broughton, J M Stephenson, G L Ridgway

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University College London Hospitals, UK.

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