Quantitative analysis of GBV-C RNA in liver and serum by strand-specific reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction
โ Scribed by Tatsuo Kanda; Osamu Yokosuka; Masami Tagawa; Shigenobu Kawai; Fumio Imazeki; Hiromitsu Saisho
- Book ID
- 118568021
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 123 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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