Search for hepatitis C virus extrahepatic replication sites in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: Specific detection of negative- strand viral RNA in various tissues

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1398-1401

  Laskus, Tomasz ^a   Radkowski, Marek ^a   Wang, Lian F U ^a   Vargas, Hugo ^a   Rakela, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADRENAL GLANDS; BONE MARROW; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; PANCREAS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPLEEN; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031758094     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280531     Document Type: Article

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