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. 1997 Nov;35(11):3008–3009. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.11.3008-3009.1997

Amplification-based DNA fingerprinting: from artifactual to definitive typing and in between.

A van Belkum
PMCID: PMC230111  PMID: 9350783

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