Liver fibrosis in HIV-positive patients with hepatitis C virus: Role of persistently normal alanine aminotransferase levels

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-67

  Uberti Foppa, Caterina ^a,b   De Bona, Anna ^a   Galli, Laura ^a   Sitia, Giovanni ^a   Gallotta, Giulia ^a   Sagnelli, Caterina ^a   Paties, Carlo ^a   Lazzarin, Adriano ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

HIV HCV coinfection; Liver fibrosis; Persistently normal alanine aminotransferase level

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 28944434747     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000192001.15777.15     Document Type: Article

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