Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , February 2010

Concordance Between Two Enzyme Immunoassays for the Detection of Clostridium difficile Toxins

Received 21 October 2009 ,Accepted 26 January 2010.

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Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 92-96 , February 2010

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