Hepatitis C virus RNA levels determined by branched DNA probe assay correlated with levels assessed using competitive PCR

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-318

  Hayashi, Jun ^a   Yoshimura, Eriko ^a   Kishihara, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamaji, Kouzaburo ^a   Etoh, Yoshitaka ^a   Ikematsu, Hideyuki ^a   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DNA PROBE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA PROBES; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0030050410     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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