Computational methods in diagnostics of chronic hepatitis C

Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-281

  Kedziora P ^b   Figlerowicz, M ^a,c   Formanowicz, P ^a,b   Alejska, M ^a   Jackowiak, P ^a   Malinowska, N ^a   Fratczak A ^a   BLazewicz J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C diagnostics; Combinatorial methods; Hepatitis C virus; Interferon alpha and ribavirin therapy; Phylogenetic trees; RNA sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPUTATION THEORY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; GENES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHRONIC HEPATITIS C DIAGNOSTICS; COMBINATORIAL METHODS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; INTERFERON ALPHA AND RIBAVIRIN THERAPY; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; RNA SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

DISEASES;

EID: 27644460309     PISSN: 02397528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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