Liver fibrosis progression after acute hepatitis c virus infection in HIV-positive individuals

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 556-559

  Vogel, Martin ^a   Page, Emma ^b   Boesecke, Christoph ^a   Reiberger, Thomas ^c   Schwarze Zander, Carolynne ^a   Mauss, Stefan ^d   Baumgarten, Axel ^e   Wasmuth, J C ^a   Nelson, Mark ^b   Rockstroh, Jürgen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Center for HIV and Hepatogastroenterology   (Germany)

^e Medical Center for Infectious Diseases   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; DIDANOSINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS C; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856747051     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir854     Document Type: Article

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