Prevalence of anti-HCV antibody positivity and incidence of seroconversion in patients undergoing hemodialysis;Prevalenza di positività per anticorpi antiHCV e incidenza di sieroconversione in pazienti in emodialisi

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-55

  Biamino, E ^a   Caligaris, F ^b   Ferrero, S ^b   Montalcini, G ^b   Bongiorno, P ^b   Scuvera, I ^b  

^a Serv Nefrologia Dialisi ASL 19 Asti   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hemodialysis, adverse effects; Hepatitis C antibodies; Hepatitis C like viruses

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ASEPSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033142139     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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