Liver Fibrosis and Hepatitis B Coinfection among ART Naïve HIV-Infected Patients at a Tertiary Level Hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study
Background. Liver fibrosis which is a common complication of chronic hepatitis B infection is rarely diagnosed in low-resource countries due to limited capacity to perform biopsy studies. Data on the utilization of noninvasive techniques which are feasible for diagnosis of liver fibrosis in these se...
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| Main Authors: | Semvua B. Kilonzo, Daniel W. Gunda, Flora Kashasha, Bonaventura C. Mpondo |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Tropical Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/5629130 |
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