Evaluation of the patients with low levels of anti-HCV positivity;Düşük titrede anti-HCV pozitifliǧi tespit edilen hastalarιn irdelenmesi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-139

  Zer, Yasemin ^a   Karaoǧlan, Ilkay ^a   Çiçek, Hülya ^a   Karagöz, Işik Didem ^a   Saǧlam, Mustafa ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti HCV; HCV RNA; Hepatitis C virus; S C ratio

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 59649083753     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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