Quantification of hepatitis C virus-infected peripheral blood mononuclear cells by in situ reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction

Blood

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2768-2774

  Muratori, Luigi ^a   Gibellini, Davide ^b   Lenzi, Marco ^b   Cataleta, Michela ^b   Muratori, Paolo ^b   Morelli, Maria Cristina ^b   Bianchi, Francesco B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029796301     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.v88.7.2768.bloodjournal8872768     Document Type: Article

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