Prevalence of hepatitis G virus RNA and anti-E2 in a Japanese haemodialysis population

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2033-2036

  Shibuya, Akitaka ^a,c   Takeuchi, Atsuko ^a   Kamata, Kouju ^a   Saigenji, Katsunori ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuyuki ^b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sagami Junkanki Clinic   (Japan)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti E2 antibody; GB virus C; Haemodialysis; Hepatitis G virus; Logistic regression analysis; Non A E hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; ANTIBODIES; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 0031849305     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.8.2033     Document Type: Article

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