Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 146-147 , April 2007

Clinical Utility of Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Diagnosis of Smear-negative Pleural Tuberculosis

  • Feng-Yee Chang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Feng-Yee Chang, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, 325, Section 2, Cheng-Kung Road, Neihu, Taipei 114, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 5 February 2007 ,Accepted 12 March 2007.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70347-8

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70347-8

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 70, Issue 4 , Pages 146-147 , April 2007

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