Improved liver function in patients with cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C virus who achieve sustained virologic response is not accompanied by increased liver volume.

Taijiro WakeRyosuke TateishiTsuyoshi FukumotoRyo NakagomiMizuki Nishibatake KinoshitaTakuma NakatsukaMasaya SatoTatsuya MinamiKoji UchinoKenichiro EnookuHayato NakagawaHidetaka FujinagaYoshinari AsaokaYasuo TanakaMotoyuki OtsukaKazuhiko Koike

Published in: PloS one (2020)

Improved liver albumin production with SVR was contributed by improved liver cell function rather than increased liver volume in patients with cirrhosis.

Keyphrases

hepatitis c virus
human immunodeficiency virus
hiv infected
antiretroviral therapy
drug induced