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Prevalence of Occult Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Hemodialysis Patients From Egypt With or Without Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Mona A. Abu El Makarem, Mohammed Abdel Hamid, Ashraf Abdel Aleem, Ahmed Issam Ali, Mohammed Shatat, Douaa Sayed, Ali Deaf, Lamia Hamdy, Effat A. E. Tony

Hepatitis Monthly · 2012 · 62 citations · 26 references

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Four percent of the hemodialysis patients had OBI. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of OBI between hemodialysis patients with or without HCV co-infection.

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