There is no difference in hepatic fibrosis rates of patients infected with hepatitis C virus and those co-infected with HIV

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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Main Authors: A.R. Souza, C.V. Tovo, A.A. Mattos, S. Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2008-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Subjects:
Hepatitis C
Human immunodeficiency virus
Hepatic fibrosis
Cirrhosis
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2008000300008

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