Quantitative detection of hepatitis B virus DNA with a new PCR assay

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 601-604

  Kessler, Harald H ^a   Pierer, Karen ^a   Santner, Brigitte I ^a   Vellimedu, Srinivas K ^a   Stelzl, Evelyn ^a   Lackner, Herwig ^a   Moser, Andrea ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amplicor; HBV therapy; Hepatitis B virus (HBV); Polymerase chain reaction; Routine diagnostic laboratory

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS DETECTION;

DNA, VIRAL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0031671824     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1998.105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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