Rodríguez RO, Medina CDE

Language: Spanish
References: 22
Page: 127-129
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ABSTRACT

Leprosy molecular diagnosis is a great scientific advance but it does not substitute clinical and histopathological finded. We review polymerase chain reaction in leprosy.

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