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. 1992;61(3):307-8.
doi: 10.1159/000186915.

Hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients

P Dentico  1 , A Volpe, R Buongiorno, A Carlone, M Carbone, M Manno
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Hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients

P Dentico et al. Nephron. 1992.

Abstract

Anti-HCV prevalence in 284 hemodialysis patients was assessed using the Abbott HCV-EIA test. Anti-HCV positivity was found in 19.4% of patients, was higher in males than in females and progressively increased with age. A correlation between time of dialysis treatment, transfusions and ALT course was found. These data suggest that HCV infection is a very important risk in dialysis units.

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