High ALT levels predict viremia in anti-HCV-positive HD patients if a modified normal range of ALT is applied

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-156

  Espinosa, M ^a   Martin Malo, A ^a   Alvarez de Lara, M A ^a   Soriano, S ^a   Aljama, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ALT; HCV; HCV RNA; Hemodialysis; Liver disease; PCR

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; VIREMIA;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENZYME TESTS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA;

EID: 0033900359     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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