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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Comparison between polymerase chain reaction and fungal culture for the detection of fungi in patients with chronic sinusitis and normal controls

Sun Tae Kim From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Gachon Medical School, Inch'on, South Korea
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Jin Ho Choi From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Gachon Medical School, Inch'on, South Korea
,
Heung Gyu Jeon From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Gachon Medical School, Inch'on, South Korea
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Heung Eog Cha From the Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery, Gachon Medical School, Inch'on, South Korea
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Yu Jin Hwang Molecular Biology Laboratory, Gil Medical Center, Gachon Medical School, Inch'on, South Korea
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Yoo-sam Chung Department of Otolaryngology, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 72-75 | Received 11 Nov 2003, Accepted 05 Mar 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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