Risk factors of HCV seroconversion in hemodialysis patients in Tabriz, Iran

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Somi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Etemadi, Jalal ^b   Ghojazadeh, Morteza ^a   Farhang, Sara ^c   Faramarzi, Mehrasa ^a   Foroutan, Sanaz ^a   Soleimanpour, Maryam ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hemodialysis units; Hepatitis C; Risk factors; Seroepidemiologic studies

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 84901940393     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.17417     Document Type: Article

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