Open AccessMortality, Hospitalization, and Quality of Life among Patients with Hepatitis C Infection on Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
David A. Goodkin,
Brian Bieber,
Michel Jadoul,
Paul Martin,
Eiichiro Kanda,
Ronald L. Pisoni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.07940716
Subject(s) - medicine , dialysis , hazard ratio , hepatitis c , hemodialysis , hepatitis c virus , prospective cohort study , alanine transaminase , gastroenterology , immunology , confidence interval , virus
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is widely prevalent among patients on hemodialysis (HD), but very rarely treated. The aim of our study is to evaluate the burdens of HCV suffered by patients on HD.
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