High-throughput real-time reverse transcription-PCR quantitation of hepatitis C virus RNA

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 327-332

  Martell, María ^a   Gómez, Jordi ^a   Esteban, Juan I ^a   Sauleda, Silvia ^a   Quer, Josep ^a   Cabot, Beatriz ^a   Esteban, Rafael ^a   Guardia, Jaime ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAQ POLYMERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCREENING; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0345355151     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.327-332.1999     Document Type: Article

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