Comparative evaluation of hepatitis C virus infection in serum and liver tissue of patients with chronic liver disease by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 256-261

  Das, Umapada ^a   Kar, Premashis ^a   Gopalkrishna, V ^b   Sharma, Joginder K ^b   Madan, Kaushal ^a   Das, Bhudev C ^b  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibody; Chronic liver disease; Cirrhosis; ELISA; HBsAg; HBV; HCV; HCV RNA; Liver tissue; RT PCR; Serum

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0032974889     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00138.x     Document Type: Article

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