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Hepatitis C infection in dialysis patients in Israel.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Mar 2001
Weinstein T, Tur-Kaspa R, Chagnac A, Korzets A, Ori Y, Zevin D, Herman M, Gafter U
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus is the major cause of acute and chronic hepatitis in patients with end-stage renal disease receiving replacement therapy. OBJECTIVES: To define the prevalence of HCV RNA in a population of patients on dialysis in Israel, to determine the relative risk of acquiring HCV infection while treated by hemodialysis or chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis, and to define the HCV genotypes in...
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