Improved sensitivity of reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction for hepatitis C virus using random hexamer primers

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 153-156

  Radhakrishnan, Sujatha ^a   Abraham, Priya ^a   Sridharan, Gopalan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRIMER RNA; VIRUS RNA;

HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033035060     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00152-7     Document Type: Article

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