A reevaluation of the association of hepatitis C virus replicative intermediates with peripheral blood cells including granulocytes by a tagged reverse transcription/polymerase chain reaction technique

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 491-497

  Mihm, Sabine ^a   Hartmann, Heinz ^a   Ramadori, Giuliano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Zentrum Innere Medizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

HCV replication; HCV RNA, genomic and antigenomic; Hepatitis C virus; Polymorphonuclear granulocytes; Tagged primer

Indexed keywords

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENOME; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NEUTROPHIL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CELLS; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENOME, VIRAL; GRANULOCYTES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0029964274     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80171-1     Document Type: Article

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