| distribution of hcv genotypes in patients with end-stage renal disease according to type of dialysis treatment. | the objective of this study was to investigate the effects of types of dialysis treatments on hepatitis c virus infection and the epidemiologic properties of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection at three baskent university hospitals, in ankara, adana, and izmir, turkey, in 655, 326, and 118 patients with end-stage renal disease, respectively. one hundred thirty patients with hcv viremia among 271 patients with end-stage renal disease seropositive for hcv were included in this cross-sectional study. ... | 2006 | 16868830 |
| seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus infection and evaluation of serum aminotransferase levels among haemodialysis patients in izmir, turkey. | the seroprevalence of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection was investigated among haemodialysis (hd) patients. mean serum aminotransferase levels were also compared over 3 months in hcv-seropositive patients with and without viraemia, as well as in hcv-seronegative hd patients and hcv-seropositive, non-uraemic, viraemic patients. seroprevalence of hcv infection was 19% among the 437 hd patients tested. of the 61 hd hcv-seropositive, hepatotoxic medication- and alcohol-free patients, 38 (62%) were f ... | 2005 | 16372581 |