Recognizing acute hepatitis C in hemodialysis patients

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3267-3268

  Ozaras, Resat ^a   Yilmaz, Mesut ^a   Mete, Birgul ^a   Demirel, Aslihan ^a   Tahan, Veysel ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 55949117002     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0274-2     Document Type: Letter

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