Testing of corneoscleral discs and their culture media of seropositive donors for hepatitis B and C virus genomes

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 239, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 783-787

  Sengler, Ulrike ^a   Reinhard, Thomas ^a   Adams, Ortwin ^a   Gerlich, Wolfram ^b   Sundmacher, Rainer ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMANY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN DONOR; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0035163474     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170100359     Document Type: Article

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