Performance of the automated COBAS AMPLICOR(tm) system for the detection of hepatitis C virus RNA

Clinical and Diagnostic Virology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-145

  Kessler, Harald H ^a   Dragon, Elizabeth A ^b   Pierer, Karen ^a   Santner, Brigitte I ^a   Liao, Yanhong ^a   Stünzner, Doris ^a   Stelzl, Evelyn ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; COBAS AMPLICOR HCV Test; Hepatitis C virus; Internal control; Polymerase chain reaction; Routine diagnostic laboratory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0031080737     PISSN: 09280197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0197(96)00263-2     Document Type: Article

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