Transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) for the assessment of viremia in hemodialysis patients with hepatitis C

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 596-600

  Bastos, Dauana O ^a   Perez, Renata M ^b   Silva, Ivonete Souza ^a   Lemos, Lara Barros ^a   Simonetti, José Pascoal ^b   Medina Pestana, José Osmar ^a   Silva, Antonio Eduardo B ^a   Ferraz, Maria Lucia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HCV RNA; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C; Intermittent viremia; TMA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION MEDIATED AMPLIFICATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84856939010     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.23216     Document Type: Article

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