HCV seroreactivity and detection of HCV RNA in cirrhotics

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 209-213

  Berry, Nidhika ^a   Chakravarti, Anita ^a   Das, Umapada ^a   Kar, Premashis ^a   Das, B C ^a   Mathur, M D ^a  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0032761578     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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