Liver stiffness is associated with monocyte activation in HIV-infected ugandans without viral hepatitis

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1026-1030

  Redd, Andrew D ^a   Wendel, Sarah K ^a   Grabowski, Mary K ^b   Ocama, Ponsiano ^c   Kiggundu, Valerian ^d   Bbosa, Francis ^d   Boaz, Iga ^d   Balagopal, Ashwin ^e   Reynolds, Steven J ^a,d,e   Gray, Ronald H ^b   Serwadda, David ^c,d   Kirk, Gregory D ^b,e   Quinn, Thomas C ^a,e   Stabinski, Lara ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; D DIMER; ENDOTOXIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGIDITY; UGANDA; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD14; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879153472     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2013.0004     Document Type: Article

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