Hepatitis C virus is not recoverable from liver tissue in cryptogenic cirrhosis: Failure to identify hepatitis C virus-RNA using reverse transcription-mediated polymerase chain reaction

Human Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1161-1165

  Geller, Stephen A ^a   Nichols, W Stephen ^b   Rojter, Sergio E ^b   Chan, Raymond C K ^b   Petrovic, Lidija M ^b   Vierling, John M ^b   Makowka, Leonard ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

autoimmune hepatitis; cryptogenic cirrhosis; hepatitis C; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0029985074     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(96)90309-3     Document Type: Article

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