International collaborative study of the second EUROHEP HCV-RNA reference panel

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 175-185

  Damen, M ^a   Cuypers, H T M ^a   Zaaijer, H L ^a   Reesink, H W ^a   Schaasberg, W P ^a   Gerlich, W H ^b   Niesters, H G M ^c   Lelie, P N ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amplification assays; HCV RNA detection; PCR; Quality control

Indexed keywords

CHIRON; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030063972     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-0934(96)02011-3     Document Type: Article

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