Liver fibrosis during an outbreak of acute hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected men: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 683-686

  Fierer, Daniel S ^a   Uriel, Alison J ^a   Carriero, Damaris C ^a   Klepper, Arielle ^a   Dieterich, Douglas T ^a   Mullen, Michael P ^a   Thung, Swan N ^a   Fiel, M Isabel ^a   Branch, Andrea D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIDANOSINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; RNA; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50949101262     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590430     Document Type: Article

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