Identification of humoral antigenic determinants in the hepatitis C virus NS3 protein

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-176

  Hwang, Lih Hwa ^b   Yang, Pei Ming ^b   Lai, Ming Yang ^b   Chiang, Bor Luen ^b   Kao, Jia Horng ^b   Wang, Jin Town ^b   Lee, Shiau Yuan ^b   Chian, Huei Min ^b   Chi, Wei Kuang ^b   Chu, Yi Ding ^b   Chen, Pei Jer ^b   Chen, Ding Shinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84984564143     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.173     Document Type: Article

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