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July 1, 2003Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpen Access

Assessment by Meta-Analysis of PCR for Diagnosis of Smear-Negative Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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OSOlga L. SarmientoUniversidad de Los AndesKWKristen A. WeigleUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillJAJanet E. AlexanderMemorialCare Health System

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0679dec284f20de188c852https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.7.3233-3240.2003
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