Maintenance hemodialysis decreases serum hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA levels in hemodialysis patients with chronic HCV infection

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 490-496

  Furusyo, Norihiro ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Ariyama, Iwao ^a   Sawayama, Yasunori ^a   Etoh, Yoshitaka ^a   Shigematsu, Masaru ^b   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shigematsu Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREMIA; VIREMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DNA PROBES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; UREMIA; VIRAL LOAD; VIREMIA;

EID: 0033974410     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00832-1     Document Type: Article

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