Clinical evaluation and applications of the Amplicor HBV Monitor(TM) test, a quantitative HBV DNA PCR assay

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-165

  Gerken, G ^a   Gomes, J ^b   Lampertico, P ^c   Colombo, M ^c   Rothaar, T ^a   Trippler, M ^a   Colucci, G ^d  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HBV DNA; PCR; Quantitation; Viremia

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA2A INTERFERON; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIREMIA;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA, VIRAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B E ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON-ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; MUREX;

EID: 0032193013     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(98)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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