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Maggiore Hospital
Occult hepatitis B is uncommon among dialysis patients in Italy
July 22nd, 2005
Occult hepatitis B is uncommon among dialysis patients in Italy. According to a study from Italy, "the epidemiology and clinical significance of occult hepatitis B virus infection (serum hepatitis B surface antigen-negative patients with detectable hepatitis B virus viremia in serum) remains controversial with only limited information about its prevalence in patients on long-term dialysis." F. Fabrizi and colleagues, Maggiore hospital, performed research "to address the epidemiology of occult HBV infection in a large cohort of dialysis patients." "We screened a large cohort (n=585) of Italian chronic dialysis patients; from this...
Source: MD Week (2005-07-22)
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