Detection of hepatitis C virus in paraffin-embedded liver biopsies of patients negative for viral RNA in serum

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 223-229

  Dries, Volker ^a   Von Both, Ingo ^a   Müller, Marion ^a   Gerken, Guido ^b   Schirmacher, Peter ^b   Odenthal, Margarete ^a   Bartenschlager, Ralf ^b   Drebber, Uta ^a   Büschenfelde, Karl Hermann Meyer Zum ^b   Dienes, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

DNA PRIMERS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0032921218     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290118     Document Type: Article

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