Assessment of liver fibrosis by transient elastography in persons with hepatitis C virus infection or HIV-hepatitis C virus coinfection.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on April 01, 2009

Authors

Gregory D Kirk1, Jacquie Astemborski, Shruti H Mehta, Chuck Spoler, Cedric Fisher, Danisha Allen, Yvonne Higgins, Richard D Moore, Nezem Afdhal, Michael Torbenson, Mark Sulkowski, David L Thomas

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA. gkirk@jhsph.edu

Associated clinical trials:

HCV/HIV Coinfection: Antiviral Therapy and Fibrosis | NCT01423643

Use of a Patient-Centered Electronic App to Increase ED Patient's Knowledge on HCV to Improve the HCV Care Continuum | NCT04162938

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