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Bobby L Boyanton1,2, Jane M Caldwell3, Nathan A Ledeboer4

  • 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA.

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这项研究回顾了喉炎的诊断测试,强调了核酸放大测试 (NAATs) 以快速诊断. 它检查了影响测试性能的因素,并为未来的生物标志物研究做好了准备.

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