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Factors influencing liver fibrosis and necroinflammation in HIV/HCV coinfection and HCV monoinfection.
Infection - 1 Oct 2013
Sagnelli C, Uberti-Foppa C, Pasquale G, De Pascalis S, Coppola N, Albarello L, Doglioni C, Lazzarin A, Sagnelli E
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OBJECTIVES: To define differences in liver histology between HIV/HCV coinfection and HCV monoinfection, and to investigate possible causative factors. METHODS: Liver biopsies (LBs) from 440 consecutive HIV/HCV-coinfected patients (Group HIV/HCV) and 374 consecutive HCV-monoinfected patients (Group HCV) were evaluated for necroinflammation and fibrosis (Ishak) by a pathologist unaware of the clinical and...
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