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Diagnosis of HCV-related liver disease is not affected by HIV infection
February 5th, 2006
According to recently published research from the United States, HIV infection does not affect the performance of noninvasive markers of fibrosis for the diagnosis of hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver disease. D. Nunes and colleagues, Boston University, wrote, "Noninvasive markers of hepatic fibrosis hold great promise to stage liver fibrosis and to monitor disease progression. To date, few studies have assessed the performance of the currently available markers of hepatic fibrosis in HIV-infected cohorts." "The aim of the current study was to compare the diagnostic performance and characteristics of a number of noninvasive markers of hepatic...
Source: Women's Health Law Weekly (2006-02-05)
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