Nucleotide sequences of the hepatitis C virus core region in patients without anti-core antibody

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 91-94

  Nagasaka, Atsushi ^a   Hige, Shuhei ^a   Kurosawa, Mitsutoshi ^a   Yoshida, Junichi ^a   Karino, Yoshiyasu ^b   Toyota, Jyoji ^b   Matsushima, Takashi ^c   Asaka, Masahiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Kousei Hospital   (Japan)

^c Hakodate Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti core antibody,; Hepatitis C virus; Mutation; Sequences of core region

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS CORE; VIRUS MUTANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029888653     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199606)49:2<91::AID-JMV4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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