Liver stiffness predicts variceal bleeding in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with compensated cirrhosis

BACKGROUND:A liver stiffness below 21 kPa has a high negative predictive value to exclude the presence of esophageal varices at risk of bleeding in HIV/hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patients. Consequently, upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (UGE) for the screening of esophageal varices could be a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS (London) 2017-02, Vol.31 (4), p.493-500
Hauptverfasser:	Merchante, Nicolás, Rivero-Juárez, Antonio, Téllez, Francisco, Merino, Dolores, Ríos-Villegas, Maria José, Ojeda-Burgos, Guillermo, Omar, Mohamed, Macías, Juan, Rivero, Antonio, Pérez-Pérez, Monserrat, Raffo, Miguel, López-Montesinos, Inmaculada, Márquez-Solero, Manuel, Gómez-Vidal, Maria Amparo, Pineda, Juan A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult AIDS/HIV Coinfection - complications Decision Support Techniques Esophageal and Gastric Varices - complications Female Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage - epidemiology Hepatitis C virus Hepatitis C, Chronic - complications HIV Infections - complications Humans Lentivirus Liver - pathology Liver Cirrhosis - complications Male Middle Aged Prospective Studies Retroviridae
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