Real-Time PCR Assays for the Quantification of HCV RNA: Concordance, Discrepancies and Implications for Response Guided Therapy

• Robert Strassl,

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Karoline Rutter,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Albert Friedrich Stättermayer,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Sandra Beinhardt,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Michael Kammer,

  Affiliation Center for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems (CeMSIIS), Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Harald Hofer,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Peter Ferenci,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Theresia Popow-Kraupp

  * E-mail: theresia.popow-kraupp@meduniwien.ac.at

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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