Routine serologic testing for hepatitis C virus infection should be instituted among dialysis patients

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 393-398

  Natov, Svetlozar N ^b   Pereira, Brian J G ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; GENETICS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0034320321     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2000.00108.x     Document Type: Article

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