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- Title
Association of hepatitis C virus infection and malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome in maintenance hemodialysis patients.
- Authors
Tsai, Hung-Bin; Chen, Pau-Chung; Liu, Chen-Hua; Hung, Peir-Haur; Chen, Mei-Tsu; Chiang, Chih-Kang; Kao, Jia-Horng; Hung, Kuan-Yu
- Abstract
Patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) have a significantly higher prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and malnutrition-inflammation complex syndrome (MICS). In the present study of Taiwanese MHD patients, we determined the clinical characteristics and influence of HCV infection on MICS by calculation of the malnutrition-inflammation score (MIS).
- Publication
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012, Vol 27, Issue 3, p1176
- ISSN
1460-2385
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfr458