Use of Nitroblue Tetrazolium Test: Revisited in Context of COVID-19

Erukkambattu Jayashankar; Ujjawal Khurana; Neelkamal Kapoor

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1757418

Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2023; 15(02): 321-323
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1757418

Letter to the Editor

Use of Nitroblue Tetrazolium Test: Revisited in Context of COVID-19

Erukkambattu Jayashankar

¹Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Ujjawal Khurana

¹Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Neelkamal Kapoor

¹Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

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