High Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Monoinfection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Hepatitis-B Co-infection as Assessed by Shear Wave Elastography: Study at a Teaching Hospital in Kenya.

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Published in J Clin Imaging Sci on June 07, 2016

Authors

Samuel Nguku Gitau1, Sudhir Vinayak1, Micah Silaba1, Rodney Adam2, Reena Shah2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology and Imaging, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
2: Department of Internal Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.

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