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. 1995 Nov;50(11):1211–1218. doi: 10.1136/thx.50.11.1211

Restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

A C Hayward 1
PMCID: PMC475097  PMID: 8553281

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