Hemodialysis reduces the viral load in uremic patients with chronic hepatitis B infection

Renal Failure

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1000-1005

  Tseng, Guan Ying ^a,b   Lin, Hwai Jeng ^c   Fang, Chen Tsong ^a   Cheng, Yu Tang ^a   Huang, Ching Hui ^a   Tseng, Guan Chin ^d   Wang, Po Chien ^e   Hung, Tsai Li ^a   Deng, Yao Chou ^a   Tsai, Chung Chi ^a   Yang, Kuang Yao ^f,g  

^a Ton Yen General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Ton Yen General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

HBV DNA; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis B; Uremia; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; HEPATITIS E ANTIGEN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREMIA; VIRUS CARRIER; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; UREMIA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 57049138942     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: 15256049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08860220802406377     Document Type: Article

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