Detection of intrahepatic hepatitis C virus replication by strand- specific semi-quantitative RT-PCR: Preliminary application to the liver transplantation model

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Negro, Francesco ^a   Giostra, Emiliano ^a   Krawczynski, Krzysztof ^b   Quadri, Rafael ^a   Rubbia Brandt, Laura ^a   Mentha, Gilles ^a   Colucci, Giuseppe ^c   Perrin, Luc ^a   Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis; Strand specific RT PCR; Viral pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0032125192     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(98)80172-4     Document Type: Article

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