Circulating immune complexes that contain HCV but not GBV-C in co-infected hosts

International Hepatology Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 339-344

  Hijikata, Minako ^a   Mishiro, Shunji ^a  

^a Toshiba General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

GBV C HGV; HCV; hypervariable region; immune complex; immunoprecipitation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS NON A NON B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRION; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030271869     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0928-4346(96)00316-7     Document Type: Article

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