• Effect of hepatitis C serology on C-reactive protein in a cohort of brazilian hemodialysis patients 

      Nascimento, M. M.; Bruchfeld, A.; Suliman, Mohamed E.; Hayashi, Shirley Y.; Pecoits-Filho, Roberto; Manfro, Roberto Ceratti; Pachaly, Maria A.; Renner, L.; Stenvinkel, P.; Riella, Miguel Carlos; Lindholm, B. (2005) [Artigo de periódico]
      Hepatitis C (HCV) is not an uncommon feature in hemodialysis (HD) patients and may be a cause of systemic inflammation. Plasma cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is mainly produced by circulating and peripheral cells and induces ...