Quantitative analysis of antibody to hepatitis C virus envelope 2 glycoprotein in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 947-952

  Yuki, Nobukazu ^a   Hayashi, Norio ^a   Kasahara, Akinori ^a   Hagiwara, Hldeki ^a   Mita, Eiji ^a   Ohkawa, Kazuyoshi ^a   Katayama, Kazuhiro ^a   Fusamoto, Hideyuki ^a   Kamada, Takenobu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; VIREMIA; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029870811     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v23.pm0008621173     Document Type: Article

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