Hepatitis C among predialysis patients: Prevalence and characteristics in a large cohort of patients

Nephron - Clinical Practice

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lemos, Lara B ^a   Perez, Renata M ^b   Lemos, Marcelo M ^a   Draibe, Sergio A ^a   Silva, Ivonete S ^a   Silva, Antonio Eduardo B ^a   Ferraz, Maria Lucia G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; Chronic renal disease; Hepatitis C virus; Liver enzymes; Predialysis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 40449088589     PISSN: 16602110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000114452     Document Type: Article

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