Comparison of quantitative cDNA-PCR with the branched DNA hybridization assay for monitoring plasma hepatitis C virus RNA levels in haemophilia patients participating in a controlled interferon trial.

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Published in J Med Virol on July 01, 1994

Authors

D Bresters1, H T Cuypers, H W Reesink, E P Mauser-Bunschoten, H M van den Berg, W P Schaasberg, J C Wilber, M S Urdea, P Neuwald, P N Lelie

Author Affiliations

1: Central Laboratory of The Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.

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