TT virus infection in haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1823-1826

  Campo, Nadia ^a   Brizzolara, Renata ^a   Sinelli, Nicoletta ^a   Torre, Francesco ^a   Russo, Rodolfo ^b   Deferrari, Giacomo ^b   Picciotto, Antonino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus; HGV antibody; HGV RNA; TTV; TTV DNA

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033761579     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/15.11.1823     Document Type: Article

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