Interobserver discrepancy in liver fibrosis using transient elastography

Summary.  Transient elastography is a useful method to assess liver fibrosis, but uncertainties still exist regarding reliability and reproducibility of the technique. We aimed to improve knowledge on interobserver variability with the procedure and tried to find factors associated with such variability. This was a cross-sectional study to compare the results of transient elastography performed by two different operators, one test made just after the other. We assessed both results with correlation tests and with repeated parametric or nonparametric tests, as needed. We also carried out a multivariate analysis to find factors associated with discrepancy in the results obtained by the two op…

Pandemic H1N1 influenza-associated myocarditis in a patient with Castleman's disease.

We report on a patient with longstanding multicentric Castleman’s disease, hyaline-vascular type, who presented with nearly-fatal myocarditis associated with a 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus infection. This is the first case of such an association described in the literature.

Control of HIV-infection with Visits Scheduled Every Four or Every Six Months. A Comparative Randomized Study

Relationship Between Homocysteine Serum Level and Other Blood Analyses Parameters in HIV-infected Patients

A dendritic cell tumor in an HIV-infected patient: case report