A nested PCR method for the identification of hepatitis B virus genotype in paraffin blocks of formalin-fixed liver biopsies

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-458

  Geramizadeh, Bita ^a   Kaboli, Roghieh ^a   Behzad Behbahani, Abbas ^a   Rahsaz, Marjan ^b   Azarpira, Negar ^a   Aghdai, Mahdokht ^b   Aytollahi, Maryam ^a   Yaghoobi, Ramin ^b   Baneehashemee, Mehrzad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genotype; HBV; Liver tissue; Nested PCR

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; TISSUE FIXATION; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BIOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; LIVER; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 48449089651     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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