Lack of detection of hepatitis C virus replicative intermediate in abdominal lymph nodes

Hepatology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-73

  Sata, Michio ^a   Noguchi, Seiji ^a   Ide, Tatsuya ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Kumashiro, Ryukichi ^a   Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Kage, Masayoshi ^a   Saitsu, Hideki ^a   Kurohiji, Toshihiko ^a   Tanikawa, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Mononuclear cell; Positive and negative strand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0031907549     PISSN: 09284346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6346(97)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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