Liver fibrosis progression in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients with normal aminotransferases levels

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-...

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Main Authors: Fábio Heleno de Lima Pace, Lincoln Eduardo Vieira de Castro Ferreira, Antonio Eduardo Benedito Silva, Maria Lucia Gomes Ferraz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012-08-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000400005&lng=en&tlng=en