Red blood cells in cerebrospinal fluid as possible inhibitory factor for enterovirus RT-PCR

ABSTRACT The presence of hemoglobin in samples are considered an important inhibitory factor for polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The aim of this study was to examine the influence of red blood cells (RBC)s in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) as an inhibitory factor to reverse transcription polymerase chai...

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Main Authors: Sérgio Monteiro de Almeida, Sônia Mara Raboni, Meri Bordignon Nogueira, Luine R. Renaud Vidal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016001000810&lng=en&tlng=en
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