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Lack of association of hepatitis C virus load and genotype with risk of end-stage liver disease in patients with human immunodeficiency virus coinfection.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2001
Goedert J J, Hatzakis A, Sherman K E, Eyster M E
Abstract excerpt
In hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, virus load and the risk for HCV-related end-stage liver disease (ESLD) are increased among persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. To clarify these relationships, 42 hemophilic patients who developed ESLD and random samples from 164 hemophilic patients with HCV infection alone and 146 with HCV-HIV coinfection were tested for HCV load and genotype. HCV...
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