Detection by ligase chain reaction of precore mutant of hepatitis B virus

Hepatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 216-222

  Minamitani, Shin ^a   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Otani, Shuzo ^a   Monna, Takeyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 0031012345     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510250139     Document Type: Article

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