Assessment of liver fibrosis and associated risk factors in HIV-infected individuals using transient elastography and serum biomarkers

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Vermehren, Johannes ^a   Vermehren, Annika ^a   Mueller, Axel ^b   Carlebach, Amina ^b   Lutz, Thomas ^b   Gute, Peter ^b   Knecht, Gaby ^b   Sarrazin, Christoph ^a   Friedrich Rust, Mireen ^a   Forestier, Nicole ^a   Poynard, Thierry ^c   Zeuzem, Stefan ^a   Herrmann, Eva ^d   Hofmann, Wolf P ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b Infektiologikum   (Germany)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e Rottweil GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cart; Co infection; Fibrotest; HCV; Hepatotoxicity; HIV; Liver enzymes; Transient elastography

Indexed keywords

2',3' DIDEOXYNUCLEOSIDE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIDANOSINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZALCITABINE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BILIRUBIN; HAPTOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROTEST; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; UPREGULATION; BLOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK;

ADULT; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COINFECTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBINS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858857699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-27     Document Type: Article

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