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Programmes/ Projects Supported by ATF

2014

Programmes / Projects supported by the AIDS Trust Fund in February 2014

MSS 228 R
Application: Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in HIV-infected individuals in Hong Kong
(Executive Summary submitted by the applicant)
Applicant: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Objectives: The objectives of this programme are:-
  1. the prevalence of hepatic steatosis and advanced fibrosis in HIV-infected individuals (without HBV and HCV co-infection) in Hong Kong;
  2. the risk of fibrosis in patients with hepatic steatosis as compared to non-HIV-infected individuals;
  3. the correlation of hepatic steatosis with cardiovascular risk in this group of patients; and
  4. the role of microbial translocation in the development of hepatic steatosis in HIV-infected patients.
Project Duration: April 2014 to September 2015
Contact Person: Prof. Lui Chung Yan, Grace
Honorary Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
9/F, Lui Che Woo Clinical Sciences Building,
Prince of Wales Hospital,
Shatin, N.T.
Telephone: 2632 2785
Fax: 2637 3852