Impact of liver steatosis on the correlation between liver stiffness and fibrosis measured by transient elastography in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Sanchez Conde M ^a   Montes Ramirez M L ^b   Bellon Cano J M ^a   Caminoa, A ^b   Rodríguez, F Álvarez ^a   Garcia, J González ^b   Martín, P Miralles ^a   Bernardino De La Serna, I ^b   Bernardo De Quirós, J C López ^a   Arribas Lopez J R ^b   Ochaíta, J Cosín ^a   Pascual Pareja, J F ^b   Alvarez, E ^a   Berenguer, J B ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV HCV coinfected; liver fibrosis; liver steatosis; transient elastography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER STIFFNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COINFECTION; ELASTICITY; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79959623549     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2893.2010.01407.x     Document Type: Article

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