Quantitation of hepatitis B virus genomic DNA by real-time detection PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2899-2903

  Abe, Aki ^a   Inoue, Kazuaki ^b,c,e   Tanaka, Takeshi ^b   Kato, Junko ^b,d   Kajiyama, Naoki ^a   Kawaguchi, Ryuji ^a   Tanaka, Satoshi ^b   Yoshiba, Makoto ^c   Kohara, Michinori ^b  

^a SRL INC   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY FUJIGAOKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; DNA DETERMINATION; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0032773780     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.9.2899-2903.1999     Document Type: Article

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