Molecular Assays for Hepatitis B Virus Infection [1]

Hepatology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1311-

  Liu, Chun Jen ^a   Kao, Jia Horng ^a   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0142182741     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2003.50456     Document Type: Letter

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