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Comment
. 2021 May;115(3):137-138.
doi: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1881370. Epub 2021 Jan 28.

False negative results and tolerance limits of SARS-CoV-2 laboratory tests

Hikmet Can Çubukçu  1 , Abdurrahman Coşkun  2
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Comment

False negative results and tolerance limits of SARS-CoV-2 laboratory tests

Hikmet Can Çubukçu et al. Pathog Glob Health. 2021 May.
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Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; clinical laboratory tests; false negative; pandemics; tolerance limits.

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