HCV infection is common among patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis, and it has been considered an independent risk factor for mortality in this setting. Although liver biopsy in ESRD patients with HCV infection is useful before kidney transplantation, it carries a high risk o
Noninvasive serum markers in the diagnosis of structural liver damage in chronic hepatitis C virus infection
✍ Scribed by Edison R. Parise; Ana C. Oliveira; Cláudio Figueiredo-Mendes; Valéria Lanzoni; João Martins; Helena Nader; Maria L. Ferraz
- Book ID
- 111237570
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0106-9543
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