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. 1997 Oct;50(10):805–810. doi: 10.1136/jcp.50.10.805

The polymerase chain reaction in pathology.

J J O'Leary 1, K Engels 1, M A Dada 1
PMCID: PMC500258  PMID: 9462259

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