Comparison of hcv core antigen and anti-hcv with hcv rna results

African Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 816-820

  Buket, Cicioğlu Arıdoğan ^a   Ayşe, Aynali ^a   Selçuk, Kaya ^a   Süleyman, Önal ^a   Emel, Sesli Çetin ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anti HCV antibody; HCV; HCV core Ag; HCV RNA

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; CORE PROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRUS LOAD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEPACIVIRUS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921647433     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v14i4.7     Document Type: Article

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