Detection of widespread hepatocyte infection in chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 573-584

  Agnello, Vincent ^a,b   Ábel, György ^a   Knight, Glenn B ^a   Muchmore, Elizabeth ^c  

^a LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Psychology Service   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHIMPANZEE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOOD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031904712     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510280240     Document Type: Article

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