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. 1998;6(1):44–45. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-0997(1998)6:1<44::AID-IDOG9>3.0.CO;2-7

A new gold standard for the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis?

G R Monif 1
PMCID: PMC1784773  PMID: 9678147

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