Evaluation of automated nucleic acid extraction devices for application in HCV NAT

Transfusion

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 871-874

  Jongerius, J M ^a,b,c,d   Bovenhorst, M ^a,b,c   Van Der Poel, C L ^a,b,c   Van Hilten, J A ^a,b,c   Kroes, A C M ^a,b,c   Van Der Does, J A ^a,b,c   Van Leeuwen, E F ^a,b,c   Schuurman, R ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Blood Bank Leiden Haaglanden   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Bloedbank Midden Nederland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION;

BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0033862308     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2000.40070871.x     Document Type: Article

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