Serum hepatitis C virus RNA in anti-HCV negative hemodialysis patients

Dialysis and Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-18

  Fernández, José Luis ^a   Del Pino, Noemí ^a   Lef, Leonardo ^a   Valtuille, Rodolfo ^b   Berridi, José ^b   Rendo, Pablo ^d   Viola, Luis ^c  

^a Bio Sidus   (Argentina)

^b Terapia Sustitutiva Renal   (Argentina)

^c Sanatorio Guemes   (Argentina)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030058226     PISSN: 00902934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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