Hepatitis G virus infection in hemodialysis patients from urban Delhi

Renal Failure

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-93

  Kumar, Deepak ^a   Arora, Ashu ^a   Singh, Narendera Pal ^a   Kohli, Rajiv ^a   Kar, Premashish ^a   Das, Bhudev C ^b  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b ICPO   (India)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis B and C; Hepatitis G virus; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Serology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HEPATITIS G; HEPATITIS G VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RNA VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; URBAN AREA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLAVIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; GB VIRUS C; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; INDIA; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13144286435     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-42733     Document Type: Article

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