Is hepatitis C virus-RNA detection by nested polymerase chain reaction clinically relevant in hemodialysis patients?

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 257-260

  Dussol, B ^a   De Lamballerie, X ^b   Brunet, P ^a   Roubicek, C ^a   Chicheportiche, C ^c   Cantaloube, J F ^c   Biagini, P ^c   De Micco, P ^b   Berland, Y ^a,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Ctr Reg de Transfusion Sanguine   (France)

^d Serv de Nephrologie/Hemodialyse   (France)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C; Hepatitis C virus RNA; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL VALUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIREMIA; VIRUS DETECTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; VIREMIA;

EID: 0029876624     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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