Detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) proteins by immunofluorescence and HCV RNA genomic sequences by non-isotopic in situ hybridization in bone marrow and peripheral blood mononuclear cells of chronically HCV-infected patients

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 414-422

  Sansonno, D ^a   Iacobelli, A R ^a   Cornacchiulo, V ^a   Iodice, G ^a   Dammacco, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Hepatitis C virus; Immunofluorescence; In situ hybridization mononuclear cells

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BONE MARROW; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOME, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, VIRAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029892133     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1996.tb08296.x     Document Type: Article

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