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. 1991 Jan;44(1):1–5. doi: 10.1136/jcp.44.1.1

Current problems in microbiology: 1. Chlamydial infections: which laboratory test?

G L Ridgway 1, D Taylor-Robinson 1
PMCID: PMC497004  PMID: 1997528

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