Prevalence of occult HBV infection in haemodialysis patients with chronic HCV

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 3420-3424

  Goral, Vedat ^a   Ozkul, Hamza ^a   Tekes, Selahattin ^a   Sit, Dede ^a   Kadiroglu, Ali Kemal ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chronic HCV; Haemodialysis; Occult HBV infection

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CODING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS MUTANT;

EID: 33745297595     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i21.3420     Document Type: Article

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