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. 1997 Dec;12(1):78–80. doi: 10.1007/BF02867961

A simple method for inhibition free PCR amplification of target DNA directly from clinical specimens

Senthilkumar Kamatchiammal 1, Dhashinamoorthy Saravanakumar 1, Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy 2, Sunithi Solomon 2, Manjula Sritharan 1, Venkataraman Sritharan 1,
PMCID: PMC3454044  PMID: 23100869

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