Liver transplantation in the human immunodeficiency virus-hepatitis C virus coinfected patient: Time to sum up
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The natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients has never been studied according to the concept of liver fibrosis progression. The aim of this work was to assess the fibrosis progression rate in HIV-HCV coinfected patients and in patients infected by HCV only. A cohort of 122 HIV-HCV coinfected patients was compared with a control...
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[1]. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Hemocentro de Botucatu, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil. [2]. Departamento de Bioprocessos e Biotecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brasil. [3]. Departamento de Clínica Médica, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Hepatology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0270-9139
DOI: 10.1002/hep.26123