Diagnostic discordance for hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients

American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 290-300

  Kalantar Zadeh, Kamyar ^b   Miller, Loren G ^a   Daar, Eric S ^b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Hemodialysis (HD) patient; Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Malnutrition inflammation cachexia syndrome; Proinflammatory cytokines; Transcription mediated amplification

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; IRON; LIVER ENZYME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CACHEXIA; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-6; IRON; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; RENAL DIALYSIS; RNA, VIRAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 22844448860     PISSN: 02726386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.05.006     Document Type: Article

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