Progression of liver fibrosis among injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C.

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Published in Hepatology on April 01, 2006

Authors

Lucy E Wilson1, Michael Torbenson, Jacquie Astemborski, Hawazin Faruki, Charles Spoler, Rudra Rai, Shruti Mehta, Gregory D Kirk, Kenrad Nelson, Nezam Afdhal, David L Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231-1002, USA.

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