Infectious disease screening of blood specimens collected post-mortem provides comparable results to pre-mortem specimens.

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Published in Cell Tissue Bank on April 08, 2011

Authors

Cristina Baleriola1, Harpreet Johal, Peter Robertson, Brendan Jacka, Ross Whybin, Peter Taylor, William D Rawlinson

Author Affiliations

1: Virology Division, SEALS, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, 2031, Australia.

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