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Hepatitis C virus infection and global kidney health: the consensus proceedings of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations. 丙型肝炎病毒感染和全球肾脏健康:国际肾脏基金会联合会的共识程序。

African journal of nephrology : official publication of the African Association of Nephrology. African Association of Nephrology Pub Date : 2020-11-17 DOI: 10.21804/23-1-4210

G. Saadi, K. Kalantar-Zadeh, P. Almasio, G. Ashuntantang, R. Barsoum, A. Bruchfeld, W. Doss, H. El-Fishawy, M. Raziky, M. El-Serafy, F. Fabrizi, Hani M. Hafez, May A. Hassaballa, Mona M. R. Hammady, Hussein Sheishaa, T. Abdelaziz, Ifeoma Ulasi, E. Zakharova, M. Jadoul

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Hepatitis C virus infection and global kidney health: the consensus proceedings of the International Federation of Kidney Foundations. 丙型肝炎病毒感染与全球肾脏健康：国际肾脏基金会联合会共识会议录》。

African journal of nephrology : official publication of the African Association of Nephrology. African Association of Nephrology Pub Date : 2020-01-01

Gamal Saadi, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, Piero Almasio, Gloria Ashuntantang, Rashad Barsoum, Annette Bruchfeld, Wahid Doss, Hussein ElFishawy, Maissa El Raziky, Magdy El-Serafy, Fabrizio Fabrizi, Hani Hafez, May Hassaballa, Mona M R Hammady, Hussein Sheishaa, Tarek S Abdelaziz, Ifeoma Ulasi, Elena Zakharova, Michel Jadoul

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