Third-generation assays for hepatitis C antibodies: A four-year study of pattern changes in patients with chronic and past infection

Panminerva Medica

Volumn 41, Issue , 1999, Pages 291-294

  Perniola, R ^a,b   De Rinaldis, C ^a   Leo, G ^a  

^a VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C antibodies; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033250595     PISSN: 00310808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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