High prevalence of hepatitis c virus antibody in patients with chronic renal failure at the start of hemodialysis therapy

Nephron

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 484-485

  Yonemura, Katsuhiko ^a   Hishida, Akira ^a   Yoneyama, Takashi ^b   Yamada, Hideo ^c   Suzuki, Hiroo ^d   Miyaji, Takehiko ^d   Sawada, Kei ^e   Kato, Akihiko ^f  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Kanbara Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Iwata Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e Maruyama Hospital   (Japan)

^f HAMAMATSU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0029681887     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189117     Document Type: Article

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