Hepatitis C virus (HCV) tends to associate preferentially with high- density lipoproteins by standard ultracentrifugal fractionation of plasma from patients with chronic HCV infection

Hepatology Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 158-165

  Manzini, Paola ^a   Dusheiko, Geoffrey M ^a   Brown, David J C ^a   Khakoo, Salim I ^a   Owen, James S ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; HCV RNA detection; Plasma lipoproteins; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031852186     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(98)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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