Hepatitis C virus genotypes in patients on renal replacement therapy

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 731-734

  Chan, Tak Mao ^a,b   Lau, Johnson Y N ^a   Wu, Pui Chee ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a   Lok, Anna S F ^a   Cheng, Ignatius K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Genotype; Hepatitis C virus; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031884019     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/13.3.731     Document Type: Article

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