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. 1995 Aug;48(4):M178–M183. doi: 10.1136/mp.48.4.m178

The scope of quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays in clinical molecular pathology

R D G Malcomson 1, C T McCullough 1, D J Bruce 1, D J Harrison 1
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