Serum hepatitis B DNA: Stability in relation to multiple freeze-thaw procedures

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Sanlidag, Tamer ^a,b   Akcali, Sinem ^a   Ozbakkaloglu, Beril ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Izmir   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Freeze and thaw; Hepatitis B virus DNA; Hybridization; Stability

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THAWING;

DNA, VIRAL; FREEZING; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VIRAL LOAD;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 9944240741     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2004.09.006     Document Type: Article

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