Combination of serological markers to predict the presence or absence of viremia in HCV-seropositive blood donors

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-60

  Gerard C ^a,d   Vaira, D ^a   Maggipinto, G ^a   Troonen, H ^b   Margraff, U ^c   Siquet, J ^c   Sondag, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c Red Cross Blood Transfusion Center   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MARKER;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030006401     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1996.7110058.x     Document Type: Article

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