Evaluation of PCR and nested PCR for laboratory diagnosis of hepatitis C virus infection

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-178

  Aslanzadeh, Jaber ^a   Padilla, Barbara B ^a   Shanley, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

HCV; Hepatitis; Nested PCR; PCR; Untranslated region

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0342593146     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.1996.0024     Document Type: Article

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