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SUBMITTER: Kelly EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4967608 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kelly Erin M EM Dodge Jennifer L JL Sarkar Monika M French Audrey L AL Tien Phyllis C PC Glesby Marshall J MJ Golub Elizabeth T ET Augenbraun Michael M Plankey Michael M Peters Marion G MG
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 20160525 4
<h4>Background</h4>Marijuana (hereafter "tetrahydrocannabinol [THC]") use has been associated with liver fibrosis progression in retrospective analyses of patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV). We studied long-term effects of THC on fibrosis progression in women coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/HCV enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).<h4>Methods</h4>Liver fibrosis was categorized according to FIB-4 scores as none, moderate, or significant. THC and alcohol use ...[more]