Detection of genomic- and minus-strand of hepatitis C virus RNA in the liver of chronic hepatitis C patients by strand-specific semiquantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 536-542

  Negro, Francesco ^a   Krawczynski, Krzysztof ^b   Quadri, Rafael ^a   Rubbia Brandt, Laura ^a   Mondelli, Mario ^c   Zarski, Jean Pierre ^d   Hadengue, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 0033057086     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290223     Document Type: Article

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