Primers Determine the Sensitivity of PCR-mediated Hepatitis B Virus DNA Detection and Pretreatment of PCR Mixture with 8-Methoxypsoralen Eliminates False-positive Results

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-250

  Keum, Won Kyoung ^a,b   Park, Chang Eun ^a   Lee, Jong Hwa ^a,b   Khil, Lee Yong ^a,b   Kang, Insug ^a,b   Kim, Sung Soo ^a,b   Jung, Jee Chang ^a,b   Oh, Soo Myung ^a,b   Woo, Hong Jung ^b   Lee, Jang Hoon ^b   Kim, Young Chul ^b   Yoon, Yeup ^c   Choi, Jong Weon ^d   Ha, Joohun ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Chungam Biotech Research Center   (South Korea)

^d Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHOXSALEN; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; METHOXSALEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031591119     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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