Comparative evaluation of hepatitis C virus RNA quantitation by branched DNA, NASBA, and monitor assays

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 528-535

  Lunel, Françoise ^a   Cresta, Pascale ^a   Vitour, Damien ^a   Payan, Christopher ^a   Dumont, Bruno ^a   Frangeul, Lionel ^b   Reboul, Dorothée ^a   Brault, Christine ^a   Piette, Jean Charles ^b   Huraux, Jean Marie ^b  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033025269     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290237     Document Type: Article

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