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Influence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) viraemia upon serum aminotransferase activity in chronic dialysis patients.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Jul 1997
Fabrizi F, Lunghi G, Andrulli S, Pagliari B, Mangano S, Faranna P, Pagano A, Locatelli F
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BACKGROUND: There are many reports concerning HCV in dialysis patients and most of them conclude that the clinical and biochemical features of hepatitis C are often silent in chronic dialysis patients. Elevated levels of serum alanine aminotransferase activity are a sensitive measure of hepatocellular injury, but so far the relationship between anti-HCV and ALT among chronic dialysis patients has been considered...
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