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Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in haemodialysis patients

DOI

33

Citations

8

References

1996

Year

Efi Vaindirli, Evangelia Tzala, S. Voudiclari, John Boletis, G.R. Vosnidis, S Moutafis, Gregory Skoutelis, Valsamakis Hadjiconstantinou, Hugo Troonen, A. Hatzakis
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Abstract

Chronic haemodialysis is not associated with an increased risk of exposure to HEV, and the high prevalence of anti-HEV IgG in HD patients reported in uncontrolled studies is possibly due to the confounding effect of age and sex.

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