TT virus infection in patients on maintenance hemodialysis in Korea

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 49, 2003, Pages 170-173

  Choi, Moon Seok ^a   Lee, Jun Haeng ^a   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^a,b   Lee, Joon Hyoek ^a   Paik, Seung Woon ^a   Rhee, Poong Lyul ^a   Rhee, Jong Chul ^a   Choi, Kyoo Wan ^a   Huh, Woo Sung ^a   Oh, Ha Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Transmission; TT virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LIVER ENZYME; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTTRANSFUSION HEPATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 12244299862     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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