Hepatitis C infection is acquired pre-ESRD

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 684-689

  Bergman, Suzanne ^a   Accortt, Neil ^b   Turner, Alan ^b   Glaze, Jeffery ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

chronic kidney disease (CKD); end stage renal disease (ESRD); Hepatitis C

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RACE; SEROCONVERSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 16244366138     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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