Detection of hepatitis C virus specific core protein in serum of patients by a sensitive fluorescence enzyme immunoassay (FEIA)

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-89

  Kashiwakuma, Tomiko ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a   Kajita, Tadahiro ^b   Takata, Atsumi ^b   Mori, Hiroyuki ^b   Ohta, Yohsuke ^b   Tanaka, Eiji ^c   Kiyosawa, Kendo ^c   Tanaka, Takeshi ^d   Tanaka, Satoshi ^d   Hattori, Nobu ^d   Kohara, Michinori ^e  

^a Tonen Corporation   (Japan)

^b International Reagents Corporation   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus; Hepatitis C virus core protein; Monoclonal antibody; Sandwich fluorescence enzyme immunoassay

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 17644439750     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(95)00261-8     Document Type: Article

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