False-positive Hepatitis C testing in long-term LVAD support

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2015, Pages e19-

  Sindermann, Jürgen R ^a   Holthaus, Alexander J ^a   Schepers, Michaela ^a   Schlüter, Bernhard ^a   Martens, Sven ^a   Scherer, Mirela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MALE;

FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84937549185     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000203     Document Type: Letter

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