Strengths and limitations of commercial tests for hepatitis C virus RNA quantification.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on January 01, 2004

Authors

Chihiro Morishima1, Minjun Chung, Ka Wing Ng, Donald J Brambilla, David R Gretch

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA.

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