Comparison of urine and self-collected vaginal samples for detecting human papillomavirus DNA in pregnant women
✍ Scribed by Franciscatto, Laura G.; Silva, Cláudia M.D.; Barcellos, Regina B.; Angeli, Suelen; Silva, Márcia S.N.; Almeida, Sabrina E.M.; Rossetti, Maria L.R.
- Book ID
- 121503447
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7292
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