Multicenter trials need to use the same assay for hepatitis C virus viral load determination

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3788-3790

  Laperche, Syria ^a   Bouchardeau, Françoise ^a   Thibault, Vincent ^b   Pozzetto, Bruno ^c   Vallet, Sophie ^d   Rosenberg, Arielle R ^e   Roque Afonso, Anne Marie ^f   Gassin, Michèle ^g   Stoll Keller, Françoise ^h   Trimoulet, Pascale ⁱ   Gault, Elyanne ^j   Chanzy, Bruno ^k   Mercier, Bernard ^l   Branger, Michel ^m   Pawlotsky, Jean Michel ⁿ   Henquell, Cécile ^o   Lunel, Françoise ^p   Gaudy Graffin, Catherine ^q   Alain, Sophie ^r   Chaix, Marie Laure ^s   Duverlie, Gilles ^t   Izopet, Jacques ^u   Lefrère, Jean Jacques ^a,t   more..

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

^d BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^g HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

ⁱ BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j AVICENNE HOSPITAL   (France)

^k Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy   (France)

^l ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

^m BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁿ HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^o Centre Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

^p ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^r LIMOGES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^s HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^t AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^u TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RNA ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 36349006486     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00825-07     Document Type: Article

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