Identification of GBV-C hepatitis G RNA in chronic hepatitis C patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-74

  Schleicher, Sabine ^a   Chaves, Ricardo L ^a   Dehmer, Thomas ^a   Gregor, Michael ^a   Hess, Georg ^b   Flehmig, Bertram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Hepatitis C virus; Non A E hepatitis; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PARENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

GB VIRUS C/HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0029861098     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199609)50:1<71::AID-JMV12>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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