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Prospective study of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients by monthly analysis of HCV RNA and antibodies.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Aug 2003
Moreira Regina, Pinho João Renato Rebello, Fares Jorge, Oba Isabel Takano, Cardoso Maria Regina, Saraceni Cláudia Patara, Granato Celso
Abstract excerpt
The aims of this study were to (i) evaluate the prevalence and the incidence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in hemodialysis patients in two different centers in São Paulo (Brazil), (ii) determine the time required to detect HCV infection among these patients by serology or PCR, (iii) establish the importance of alanine aminotransferase determination as a marker of HCV infection, and (iv) identify the HCV...
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