Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis G (HGV) infection in haemodialysis patients: A multicentre study

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-275

  Hinrichsen, Holger ^a   Leimenstoll, Gerd ^a   Stegen, Gorch ^a   Schrader, Henning ^a   Fölsch, Ulrich R ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

GBV C; Haemodialysis; Hepatitis G; Prevalence; Risk factors; Viraemia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRUS; GERMANY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HEPATITIS GB VIRUS B; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036177311     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.2.271     Document Type: Article

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