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Guidelines for Laboratory Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Korea
2020; 40(5): 351-360
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Editorial
Ann Lab Med 2020; 40(5): 349-350
Published online September 1, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2020.40.5.349
Copyright © Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine.
COVID-19 Testing in South Korea: Current Status and the Need for Faster Diagnostics
Young Jin Kim, M.D., Ph.D.1 
, Heungsup Sung, M.D., Ph.D.2 , Chang-Seok Ki, M.D., Ph.D.3 , and Mina Hur, M.D., Ph.D.4
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Kyung Hee University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; 3GC Genome, Yongin, Korea; 4Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence to: Mina Hur, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Konkuk University Medical Center, 120-1 Neungdong-ro, Hwayang-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05030, Korea
Tel: +82-2-2030-5581; Fax: +82-2-2636-6764
E-mail: dearmina@hanmail.net
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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