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Hepatitis C virus RNA and liver histology in blood donors reactive to a single antigen by second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay

✍ Scribed by Alberto Zanella; Dario Conte; Daniele Prati; Fulvio Mozzi; Carmen Capelli; Francesco Zanuso; Mirella Fraquelli; Patrizia Bosoni; Luciana Vianello; Marco Pappalettera; Pietro Velio; Glanguido Montagnolo; Paolo A. Bianchi; Girolamo Sirchia

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Weight: 690 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.1840210404

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PATIENTS AND METHODS

associated with HCV RNA ( ' < *Ool)* Based cluded12,18; it was detected only in individuals strongly Abbreviations: HCV, hepatitis C virus; EIA-2, second-generation anti-HCV enzyme immunoassay; RIBA, recombinant immunoblot assay; ALT, alanine transaminase; PCR, polymerase chain reaction.

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