## Abstract To investigate whether it is appropriate to assume comparability of hepatitis virus C (HCV)‐RNA results across laboratories in multi‐centre studies, nine laboratories of the European Paediatric HCV Network participated in an international proficiency study of HCV‐RNA assays. A panel of
Comparison of assays for HCV RNA
✍ Scribed by Xiuming Li; Maria de Medina; Silvia LaRue; Lijun Shao; EugeneR. Schiff
- Book ID
- 119066800
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 342
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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