Risky alcohol use and serum aminotransferase levels in HIV-infected adults with and without hepatitis C.

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Published in J Stud Alcohol Drugs on March 01, 2013

Authors

Judith I Tsui1, Debbie M Cheng, Howard Libman, Carly Bridden, Richard Saitz, Jeffrey H Samet

Author Affiliations

1: Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. judith.tsui@bmc.org

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