There is no difference in hepatic fibrosis rates of patients infected with hepatitis C virus and those co-infected with HIV
Some studies have suggested that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection modifies the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, accelerating the progression of fibrosis and the development of cirrhosis. Our objective was to evaluate the fibrosis progression rate (FPR) in HCV/HIV-co-...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2008-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000300008 |