Quantitative assessment of HCV load in chronic hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional survey

Nephron

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 428-433

  Fabrizi, F ^a,c   Martin, P ^a   Dixit, V ^a   Brezina, M ^a   Cole, M J ^a   Gerosa, S ^a   Vinson, S ^b   Mousa, M ^a   Gitnick, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis, viremia; Hepatitis C virus infection; Viral load, hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 0031759774     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000045215     Document Type: Article

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