TY - JOUR
T1 - Reproductive status is associated with the severity of fibrosis in women with hepatitis C
AU - Petta, Salvatore
AU - Camma', Calogero
AU - Gelmini, Roberta
AU - Vukotic, Ranka
AU - Gitto, Stefano
AU - Karampatou, Aimilia
AU - Turola, Elena
AU - Villa, Erica
AU - Di Leo, Alfredo
AU - Tagliavini, Simonetta
AU - Cenci, Annamaria
AU - Gelmini, Roberta
AU - Bertolini, Elena
AU - Rendina, Maria
AU - Bertolini, Elena
AU - De Maria, Nicola
AU - Losi, Luisa
AU - Baraldi, Enrica
AU - Francavilla, Antonio
AU - Bernabucci, Veronica
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Chronic hepatitis C is the main cause of death in patients with end-stage liver disease. Prognosis depends on the increase of fibrosis, whose progression is twice as rapid in men as in women. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of reproductive stage on fibrosis severity in women and to compare these findings with age-matched men.
AB - Chronic hepatitis C is the main cause of death in patients with end-stage liver disease. Prognosis depends on the increase of fibrosis, whose progression is twice as rapid in men as in women. Aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of reproductive stage on fibrosis severity in women and to compare these findings with age-matched men.
KW - Female; Humans; Retrospective Studies; Case-Control Studies; Liver Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Male; Female
KW - Severity of Illness Index; Infertility
KW - Female; Humans; Retrospective Studies; Case-Control Studies; Liver Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Male; Female
KW - Severity of Illness Index; Infertility
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/88423
M3 - Article
VL - 7
SP - e44624-e44624
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
SN - 1932-6203
ER -