Undiagnosed hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients: Value of HCV RNA and liver enzyme levels

Kidney International

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2027-2031

  Caramelo, Carlos ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^a   Albalate, Marta ^a   De Sequera, Patricia ^a   Navas, Sonia ^a   Bermejillo, Teresa ^a   Oliva, Horacio ^a   Marriott, Eduardo ^a   Ortiz, Alberto ^a   Tuñón, Carmen Ruiz ^a   Casado, Santos ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 10544227751     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.1996.525     Document Type: Article

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