Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of HCV-RNA: Cryoglobulinaemia as a cause for false negative results

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-274

  Colantoni, A ^a,b   De Maria, N ^a,b   Idilman, R ^a,b   Van Thiel, D H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinaemia; Hepatitis C virus; PCR; Viraemia

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0031471782     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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