Progression of Liver Fibrosis in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: A Comparison between Non-Invasive Assessment Methods and Liver Biopsy

• Patrick Schmid ,

  * E-mail: Patrick.Schmid@kssg.ch

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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• Andrea Bregenzer,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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• Milo Huber,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Andri Rauch,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland

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• Wolfram Jochum,

  Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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• Beat Müllhaupt,

  Affiliation Division of Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Pietro Vernazza,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

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• Milos Opravil,

  Current address: Stiglenstr. 12, Zürich, Switzerland

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Rainer Weber,

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Swiss HIV Cohort Study

  ¶Membership of the Swiss HIV Cohort Study (SHCS) is provided in the Acknowledgments.

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