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Quantitative Detection of Hepatitis B Virus DNA in Two International Reference Plasma Preparations
1 Jan 1999
Abstract excerpt
Quantitative detection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in serum or plasma is of significance for monitoring of therapy and establishment of the prognosis of the disease, as well as for infectivity assessment and quality control of the diagnosis. Unfortunately, various commercially available test kits for HBV DNA yielded conflicting quantitative results, with differences of up to a factor of 120. The Eurohep...
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