Tear fluid from 51 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was analyzed for the presence of the hepatitis C RNA to assess the potential role of this fluid in virus transmission. HCV sequences were amplified from sera and tear fluids by nested polymerase chain reaction using primers f
The natural course of chronic hepatitis C: A comparison between patients with genotypes 1 and 2 hepatitis C viruses
โ Scribed by M Kobayashi; E Tanaka; T Sodeyama; A Urushihara; A Matsumoto; K Kiyosawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 230 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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