Report of EPFA/NIBSC workshop 'nucleic acid amplification tests (NAT) for the detection of blood-borne viruses' held on 31 October 1996 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 199-206

  Rogers, P M ^a   Saldanha, J ^b   Allain, J P ^c  

^a Europ Plasma Fractionation Assoc   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; NETHERLANDS; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCREENING TEST; VIRUS INFECTION; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0030980207     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1997.7240199.x     Document Type: Review

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