Hepatitis C virus genotype in anti-HCV-positive hemodialysed patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2258-2264

  Colleoni, N ^a   Bucci, R ^a   Ribero, M L ^b   Zhou, J ^a   D'Amico, G ^a   Tagger, A ^b  

^a SAN CARLO BORROMEO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

ALT levels; Haemodialysis; HCV genotypes

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029902852     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.ndt.a027145     Document Type: Article

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