Hyaluronic acid levels predict risk of hepatic encephalopathy and liver-related death in HIV/viral hepatitis coinfected patients.

BACKGROUND: Whereas it is well established that various soluble biomarkers can predict level of liver fibrosis, their ability to predict liver-related clinical outcomes is less clearly established, in particular among HIV/viral hepatitis co-infected persons. We investigated plasma hyaluronic acid�...

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Main Authors: Lars Peters, Amanda Mocroft, Vincent Soriano, Jürgen Rockstroh, Andri Rauch, Anders Karlsson, Brygida Knysz, Christian Pradier, Kai Zilmer, Jens D Lundgren, for EuroSIDA in EuroCoord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3664579?pdf=render