Marijuana Smoking Does Not Accelerate Progression of Liver Disease in HIV–Hepatitis C Coinfection: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis | Zendy

Laurence Brunet | Zendy; Erica E. M. Moodie | Zendy; Kathleen Rollet | Zendy; Curtis Cooper | Zendy; Sharon Walmsley | Zendy; Martin Potter | Zendy; Marina B. Klein | Zendy

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Marijuana Smoking Does Not Accelerate Progression of Liver Disease in HIV–Hepatitis C Coinfection: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis

Author(s) -

Laurence Brunet,

Erica E. M. Moodie,

Kathleen Rollet,

Curtis Cooper,

Sharon Walmsley,

Martin Potter,

Marina B. Klein

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit378

Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , coinfection , gastroenterology , liver disease , hepatitis c , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , cohort , hepatitis c virus , cohort study , immunology , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus

Marijuana smoking is common and believed to relieve many symptoms, but daily use has been associated with liver fibrosis in cross-sectional studies. We aimed to estimate the effect of marijuana smoking on liver disease progression in a Canadian prospective multicenter cohort of human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus (HIV/HCV) coinfected persons.

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