Higher detection rate of hepatitis G and C virus RNA in liver tissue than in serum of deceased injection drug users

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-38

  Seidl, S ^a   Koenig, B ^a   Reinhardt, G ^a   Hampl, W ^a   Mertens, T ^a   Michel, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; HCV; HGV; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0032469234     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050195     Document Type: Article

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