Hepatitis C virus (HCV) in dialysis units: where are we now?

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¹ Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. michel.jadoul@saintluc.uclouvain.be.

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Thibault Wallez et al. J Nephrol. 2023 Jun.

. 2023 Jun;36(5):1233-1234.

doi: 10.1007/s40620-023-01602-2. Epub 2023 Mar 17.

¹ Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200, Brussels, Belgium. michel.jadoul@saintluc.uclouvain.be.

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The world prevalence, associated risk factors and mortality of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients: a meta-analysis.
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