Evaluation of tissue discards after implementation of anti-HBc test in a tissue bank in Spain

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 303-305

  Villalba, Rafael ^a   Fornés, Gema ^a   Eisman, Marcela ^a   Gómez Villagrán, Jose Luis ^a  

^a Centro Regional de Transfusion Sanguínea   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B; Safety; Testing; Tissue transplantation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; ORGAN DONOR; PATIENT SAFETY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE BANKS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 35748955240     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-007-9039-y     Document Type: Article

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