Liver fibrosis progression is related to CD4 cell depletion in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-137

  Puoti, Massimo ^a   Bonacini, Maurizio ^f   Spinetti, Angiola ^a   Putzolu, Valeria ^a   Govindarajan, Sugantha ^f   Zaltron, Serena ^a   Favret, Maurizio ^b   Callea, Francesco ^e   Gargiulo, Francesco ^c   Donato, Francesco ^d   Carosi, Giampiero ^a   Roldan, Eugenia Quiros ^d   Zanini, Barbara ^d   Barbieri, Maria Cristina ^d   Rossi, Stefania ^d   Forleo, Maria Antonietta ^d   Casari, Salvatore ^d   Chiodera, Alessandro ^d   Castelli, Francesco ^d   Milini, Paola ^d   Tomasoni, Lina Rachele ^d   Torti, Carlo ^d   Palvarini, Loredana ^d   Fausti, Caterina ^d   Matricardi, Luigi ^d   more..

^a Clinica di Malattie Infettive e Tropicali   (Italy)

^b Anatomia Patologica I   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Microbiologia   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035168903     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317644     Document Type: Article

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