## Abstract The aim of the study was to evaluate the specificity and sensitivity of detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV)βRNA in formalinβfixed paraffinβembedded (FFPE) liver biopsies by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Routinely processed FFPE diagnostic needle liver biopsies as well as stored seru
Detection of hepatitis C virus RNA in liver needle biopsies by polymerase chain reaction
β Scribed by Diamantis, Ioannis D.; McGandy, Christine E.; Pult, Irmgard; Widmann, Jean-Jacques; Gudat, Fred; Bianchi, Leonardo
- Book ID
- 122392935
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 229 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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