HCV antigen testing for the diagnosis of hepatitis C infection: A cost-efficient algorithm

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 677-680

  Kadkhoda, Kamran ^a,b   Smart, Gerry ^a  

^a CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Cost; HCV antigen

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; VIRUS LOAD;

ALGORITHMS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84898918925     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2013.130634     Document Type: Article

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