A search for mycobacterial DNA in sarcoidosis using the polymerase chain reaction.

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Published in Am J Clin Pathol on June 01, 1994

Authors

R A Ghossein1, D G Ross, R N Salomon, A R Rabson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

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