Comparative stabilities of quantitative human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma from samples collected in VACUTAINER CPT, VACUTAINER PPT, and standard VACUTAINER tubes.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 1995

Authors

M Holodniy1, L Mole, B Yen-Lieberman, D Margolis, C Starkey, R Carroll, T Spahlinger, J Todd, J B Jackson

Author Affiliations

1: AIDS Research Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.

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