Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded thin-needle liver biopsy specimens

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 536-543

  Vogt, Stefanie ^a   Schneider Stock, Regine ^a   Klauck, Sabine ^a   Roessner, Albert ^a   Röcken, Christoph ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Large needle biopsy; Liver; Paraffin embedded tissue; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; RT PCR; Thin needle biopsy

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0141768124     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/D7VLLPNAEXL94QJB     Document Type: Article

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