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. 1999 Mar 11;5(2):101–109. doi: 10.1016/0928-0197(96)00211-5

Classical and molecular techniques for the diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis☆

Ulrich Desselberger 1
PMCID: PMC7172258  PMID: 15566868

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Lecture given at the FEMS Symposium “Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Viral Diseases”, Istanbul/Turkey, July 20–22, 1995.

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