Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 237-254 , July 2007

Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction in Transfusion Medicine: Applications for Detection of Bacterial Contamination in Blood Products

  • Jens Dreier

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Jens Dreier, Institut für Laboratoriums und Transfusionsmedizin, Herz und Diabeteszentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Universitätsklinik der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, D-32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany.
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  • Melanie Störmer
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  • Knut Kleesiek

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Transfusion Medicine Reviews
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 237-254 , July 2007

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