Relationship between cryoglobulins and hepatitis C virus (HCV) core antigen or antibody titers [2]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-106

  Nagai, Tasuo ^a   Nagai, Toshiaki ^b   Okazaki, Toshio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulin; Cryoprecipitate ring; HCV antibody; HCV antigen; Structural protein

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; CRYOGLOBULIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C CORE ANTIGEN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRECIPITATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

CRYOGLOBULINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; PRECIPITATION; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 1642566063     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.020     Document Type: Letter

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