HCV RNA sequences in eosinophils of chronic HCV-infected patients

Journal of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 279-288

  Toro, Felix ^a,b   Conesa, Angela ^a   Garcia, Alexis ^a   Deibis, Leopoldo ^a   Bianco, Nicolas E ^a   De Sanctis, Juan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b Aerocav   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Flow cytometry; Hepatitis C virus; Infection

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033494437     PISSN: 00257850     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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