Occult hepatitis B virus infection in chronic hemodialysis patients in Korea

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 86-87, 2008, Pages 1721-1724

  Gwak, Geum Youn ^a   Huh, Wooseong ^a   Lee, Dong Ho ^a   Min, Byung Hoon ^a   Koh, Kwang Cheol ^a   Kim, Jae J ^a   Oh, Ha Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Korea; Occult hepatitis B virus infection

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 57049134107     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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