Detection and typing of hepatitis C RNA in liver biopsies and its relation to histopathology

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 429, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 353-358

  Cathomas, Gieri ^a,b   McGandy, Christine E ^a,b   Terracciano, Luigi M ^a,b   Gudat, Fred ^a,b   Bianchi, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotypes; Grading; HCV; Histopathology; Staging

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TYPING;

EID: 0029751798     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00198439     Document Type: Article

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