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HIV/AIDS
Reports summarize HIV/AIDS study results from University Hospital
July 9th, 2007
Data detailed in "Prevalence of and factors associated with hepatic steatosis in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV: Agence Nationale pour la Recherche contre le SIDA et les hépatites virales CO3 Aquitaine Cohort" have been presented. "Hepatic steatosis is a common feature in liver biopsies from patients with chronic hepatitis C and is associated with fibrosis progression. Patients with HIV infection and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection have more rapid progression of liver fibrosis than patients with HCV infection alone," scientists in Bordeaux, France report. "The prevalence and factors associated with hepatic steatosis are not well defined in...
Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-07-09)
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