Improved efficiency of a hepatitis C virus antibody testing algorithm in blood donors from Saudi Arabia

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 155-156

  Abutaleb, A ^a   Abed, E ^a   Qasem, L ^a   Memish, Z A ^a   Hajeer, Ali H ^a,b  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Pathology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; VIRUS DETECTION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 4644226035     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2004.11978139     Document Type: Article

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