Assay for hepatitis C virus in peripheral blood mononuclear cells enhances sensitivity of diagnosis and monitoring of HCV-associated hepatitis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 1-14

  El Awady, Mostafa K ^a   Ismail, Somayia M ^a   El Sagheer, Mohamed ^a   Sabour, Yousry A ^a   Amr, Khalda S ^a   Zaki, Essam A ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032784546     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00007-8     Document Type: Article

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