Diagnosis of Treponema pallidum in vitreous samples using real time polymerase chain reaction.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on May 01, 2006

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M S Rajan, P Pantelidis, C Y W Tong, G L French, E M Graham, M R Stanford

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