Article
Retrospective analysis of the impact of HIV infection and alcohol use on chronic hepatitis C in a large cohort of drug users.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 1998
Pol S, Lamorthe B, Thi N T, Thiers V, Carnot F, Zylberberg H, Berthelot P, Bréchot C, Nalpas B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: This retrospective study aimed to better define the respective biological and pathological impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection and chronic alcohol consumption on the course of hepatitis C virus infection in intravenous drug users. METHODS: Two hundred and ten consecut...
Topics
- Adult
- Alanine Transaminase
- Alcohol Drinking
- Alcoholism
- Aspartate Aminotransferases
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Genotype
- HIV Infections
- Hepacivirus
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Hepatitis C, Chronic
- Humans
- Male
- Paris
- RNA, Viral
- Retrospective Studies
- Substance Abuse, Intravenous
