Detection of gbv-c rna in patients with non-a-e fulminant hepatitis by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1261-1265

  Kanda, Tatsuo ^a   Yokosuka, Osamu ^a   Ehata, Toshiki ^a   Maru, Yasushi ^a   Imazeki, Fumio ^a   Saisho, Hiromitsu ^a   Shiratori, Yasushi ^b   Omata, Masao ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031005375     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250534     Document Type: Article

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