Prevalence of Anti-HCV antibody in haemodialysis patients referring to haemodialysis centers in Jahrom
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Absence of HCV viraemia in anti-HCV-negative haemodialysis patients.
BACKGROUND Immunologic alterations have been reported in chronic haemodialysis (HD) patients. Some HD patients may have, therefore, an inability to produce detectable amounts of serum antibodies to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV). Previous studies have shown the presence of HCV viraemia in anti-HCV-negative HD patients (ranging from 1 to 15%). However, the universal epidemiologic impact of these c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pars of Jahrom University of Medical Sciences
سال: 2007
ISSN: 2008-7993,2008-8442
DOI: 10.29252/jmj.5.3.4.38