Optimization of specimen-handling procedures for accurate quantitation of levels of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma by reverse transcriptase PCR.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on April 01, 1998

Authors

R E Dickover1, S A Herman, K Saddiq, D Wafer, M Dillon, Y J Bryson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.

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