Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in haemodialysis patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1093-1095

  Psichogiou, M ^a   Vaindirli, E ^a   Tzala, E ^a   Voudiclari, S ^b   Boletis, J ^c   Vosnidis, G ^c   Moutafis, S ^d   Skoutelis, G ^e   Hadjiconstantinou, V ^f   Troonen, H ^g,h   Hatzakis, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b GR 546 42 T   (Greece)

^c LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d Blue Cross Clinic   (Greece)

^e Athinaiki Clinic   (Greece)

^f AMALIA FLEMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

^h ABBOTT GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemodialysis; Hepatitis E virus; IgG anti HEV

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

EID: 8944243071     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/11.6.1093     Document Type: Article

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