Histopathological impacts of hepatitis virus infection in hemodialysis patients: Should liver biopsy be performed before renal transplantation?

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 355-358

  Özdoǧan, Mete ^a   Özgür, Orhan ^a   Gür, Gürden ^a   Boyacioǧlu, Sedat ^a   Özderin, Yasemin ^a   Demirhan, Beyhan ^a   Telatar, Hasan ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

hepatitis viruses; liver disease; renal transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BIOPSY; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYZERS; VIRUSES;

HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS; LIVER BIOPSIES; LIVER DISEASE; RENAL TRANSPLANTATION; RENAL TRANSPLANTS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0030989342     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00730.x     Document Type: Article

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