Hepatitis C Virus Infection during Haemodialysis in India

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1139-1143

  Agarwal, S K ^a   Dash, S C ^a   Irshad, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 0033301375     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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