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Liver fibrosis progression in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients with normal aminotransferases levels.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Pace Fábio Heleno de Lima, Ferreira Lincoln Eduardo Vieira de Castro, Silva Antonio Eduardo Benedito, Ferraz Maria Lucia Gomes
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INTRODUCTION: Approximately 30% of hepatitis C virus (HCV) monoinfected patients present persistently normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels. Most of these patients have a slow progression of liver fibrosis. Studies have demonstrated the rate of liver fibrosis progression in hepatitis C virus-human immunodeficiency virus (HCV-HIV) coinfected patients is faster than in patients infected only by HCV. Few...
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