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. 1996 Dec;49(6):M315–M320. doi: 10.1136/mp.49.6.m315

Applications of polymerase chain reaction-single stranded conformational polymorphism to microbiology

J R Kerr 1,2, M D Curran 1,2
PMCID: PMC408081  PMID: 16696097

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