Cause-Specific Excess Mortality in Siblings of Patients Co-Infected with HIV and Hepatitis C Virus

BACKGROUND: Co-infection with hepatitis C in HIV-infected individuals is associated with 3- to 4-fold higher mortality among these patients' siblings, compared with siblings of mono-infected HIV-patients or population controls. This indicates that risk factors shared by family members partially...

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Autores principales: Hansen, Ann-Brit Eg, Lohse, Nicolai, Gerstoft, Jan, Kronborg, Gitte, Laursen, Alex, Pedersen, Court, Sørensen, Henrik Toft, Obel, Niels
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1939735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17710138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000738

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1939735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17710138
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000738

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