Long term survey of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis units in Fukuoka, Japan

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 166-171

  Yamaji, Kouzaburo ^a   Hayashi, Jun ^a   Kawakami, Yasunobu ^a   Yoshimura, Eriko ^a   Kishihara, Yasuhiro ^a   Ohmiya, Misako ^a   Etoh, Yoshitaka ^b   Kashiwagi, Seizaburo ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Rintec Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cohort study; HCV; Hemodialysis; Liver dysfunction; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37849185435     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.6.166     Document Type: Article

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