Quality assessment of hepatitis C virus nucleic acid amplification methods

Infusionstherapie und Transfusionsmedizin

Volumn 25, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 102-110

  Lelie, P N ^a   Cuypers, H T M ^a   Van Drimmelen, A A J ^a   Quint, W G V ^b  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HCV RNA run control; International standard; Nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT); Proficiency panel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA ANALYSIS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0031838525     PISSN: 10198466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053403     Document Type: Article

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