Comparison of the nucleic acid-based crosslinking hybridization assay and the branched DNA signal amplification assay in the quantitative measurement of serum hepatitis B virus DNA

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 296-300

  Hwang, Shinn Jang ^a   Lu, Rei Hwa ^a   Wood, Michael L ^b   Wang, Yuan Jan ^a   Chang, Full Young ^a   Lee, Shou Dong ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NAXCOR   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched DNA signal amplification assay; Chronic hepatitis B; Crosslinking assay; Hepatitis B virus DNA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA PROBES; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032700879     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1999)13:6<296::AID-JCLA8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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