Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 116-119 , June 2009

Prenatal Group B Streptococcus Test Using Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

  • Chi-Feng Wei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bo-Ching She

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Shuo Liang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Qing-Dong Ling

      Affiliations

    • Cathay Medical Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chen-Yuan Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chih-Wei Yen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hsueh-Yin Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Cathay General Hospital, Si-Jhih, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Song Tsai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Song Tsai, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cathay General Hospital, 280, Jen-Ai Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan

,Accepted 6 November 2008.

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PII: S1028-4559(09)60269-2

doi: 10.1016/S1028-4559(09)60269-2

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Volume 48, Issue 2 , Pages 116-119 , June 2009

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