HBV, HCV, and TTV detection by in situ polymerase chain reaction could reveal occult infection in hepatocellular carcinoma: Comparison with blood markers

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 526-529

  Comar, M ^b   Dal Molin, G ^b   D'Agaro, P ^b   Croce S L ^b   Tiribelli, C ^b   Campello, C ^a,b  

^a UCO Igiene Medicina Preventiva   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SUPERINFECTION; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33646432208     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.033050     Document Type: Article

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