Ligase Chain Reaction (LCR®) assay for semi-quantitative detection of HBV DNA in mononuclear leukocytes of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Trippler, M ^a   Hampl, H ^b   Goergen, B ^a   Spies, U ^b   Knolle, P ^a   Grimm, B ^b   Meyer Zum Buschenfelde K H ^a   Gerken, G ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Ligase chain reaction; Liver transplantation; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC); Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; LIGASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIGASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030228757     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.1996.tb00054.x     Document Type: Article

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