Variability in the Cycle Threshold Values of SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Test: A Review of the Nationwide Proficiency Testing Survey in Korea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Variability in the Cycle Threshold Values of SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Test: A Review of the Nationwide Proficiency Testing Survey in Korea

Published:2023-12-31 Issue:4 Volume:45 Page:166-172
ISSN:2950-9114
Container-title:Journal of Laboratory Medicine and Quality Assurance
language:en
Short-container-title:J Lab Med Qual Assur

Author:

Park Kuenyoul¹²^ORCID,Sung Heungsup¹^ORCID,Kim Mi-Na¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

2. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea

Funder

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

Publisher

Korean Association of Quality Assurance for Clinical Laboratory

Link

https://pdf.medrang.co.kr/LMQA/2023/045/lmqa-45-4-166.pdf

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