Ultracentrifugation of serum samples allows detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in patients with occult hepatitis C

Journal of Virology

Volumn 81, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 7710-7715

  Bartolomé, Javier ^a   López Alcorocho, Juan Manuel ^a   Castillo, Inmaculada ^a   Rodríguez Iñigo, Elena ^a   Quiroga, Juan Antonio ^a   Palacios, Ricardo ^b   Carreño, Vicente ^a,c  

^a Fundacion Estudio Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

^b Diater Laboratories   (Spain)

^c Fundacion para el Estudio de Las Hepatitis Virales   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IODIXANOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34447265738     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.02750-06     Document Type: Article

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