A competitor DNA template for the molecular quantification of the hepatitis B virus

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 799-808

  Sidorkiewicz, Małgorzata ^a   Bzorska, Aneta ^a   Józwiak, Barbara ^a   Jabłkowski, Maciej ^a   Szemraj, Janusz ^a   Lewandowska, Urszula ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV); Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR); Viral Load

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0141757271     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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