Quantitation and genotyping of hepatitis c virus RNA in sera of hemodialysis and AIDS patients

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Kessler, Harald H ^a   Santner, Brigitte I ^a   Umlauft, Florian ^b   Kronawetter, Max ^c   Stünzner, Doris ^a   Pierer, Karen ^a   Stelzl, Evelyn ^a   Grünewald, Kurt ^b   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c LKH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Polymerase chain reaction; Quantitation; Serum HCV levels

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0029965889     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-0197(95)00154-9     Document Type: Article

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