Assessment of hepatitis c virus rna levels by quantitative competitive rna polymerase chain reaction: High-titer viremia correlates with advanced stage of disease

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1219-1225

  Gretch, D ^a,b,c,d   Corey, L ^a,b,c,d   Wilson, J ^a,b,c,d   Dela Rosa, C ^a,b,c,d   Willson, R ^a,b,c,d   Carithers, R ^a,b,c,d   Busch, M ^a,b,c,d   Hart, J ^a,b,c,d   Sayers, M ^a,b,c,d   Han, J ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PUGET SOUND BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^c Blood Centers of the Pacific   (United States)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CHRONIC ACTIVE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0028335961     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/169.6.1219     Document Type: Article

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