Hepatic steatosis (HS) is frequent in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, occurring in 40%-80%, associating with metabolic and virus-related factors, namely, genotype 3 and viral load. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and antiretroviral treatment seem to be risk factors for
A meta-analysis of the hepatitis C virus distribution in diverse racial/ethnic drug injector groups
β Scribed by Corina Lelutiu-Weinberger; Enrique R. Pouget; Don D.C. Des Jarlais; Hannah L. Cooper; Roberta Scheinmann; Rebecca Stern; Shiela M. Strauss; Holly Hagan
- Book ID
- 113907887
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 532 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0277-9536
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