Occult hepatitis b virus infection among hemodialysis patients

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 242-243

  Alavian, Seyed Moayed ^a  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis viruses hepatitis b

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; OCCULT HEPATITIS B; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861181593     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.869     Document Type: Editorial

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