Hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients in Maracaibo, Venezuela;infecção pelo vírus da hepatite C em pacientes em hemodiálise em Maracaibo, Venezuela

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-55

  Monsalve Castillo, Francisca ^a   Gómez Gamboa, Liliana ^a   Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a   Porto Espinoza, Leticia ^a   Costa León, Luciana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C; Incidence

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; VENEZUELA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84857803446     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652012000100010     Document Type: Article

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