HCV/HIV Coinfection
"HIV-HCV RNA Loads and Liver Failure in Coinfected Patients with Coagulopathy."
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, August 9th, 1999
According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Haematologica, "Background and Objective: The aim of this study was to measure contemporaneously HCV-RNA load, HIV-RNA load and CD4+ lymphocyte count in HCV/HIV coinfected patients with coagulopathy and to examine the relationship between these parameters and the liver failure. Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 54 patients with severe coagulopathy: 39 HCV/HIV coinfected and 15 HCV+/HIV- comparable for age and HCV exposure time. HCV-RNA and HIV-RNA load, CD4+ lymphocyte count, biochemical and ultrasonographic parameters were evaluated at the time of...
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