Association of post-liver transplantation diabetes mellitus with hepatitis C virus infection
β Scribed by H Schmilovitz-Weiss; E Mor; J Sulkes; N Bar-Nathan; E Shaharabani; E Melzer; R Tur-Kaspa; Z Ben-Ari
- Book ID
- 117233228
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0041-1345
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The findings of Mason et al. 1 on diabetes mellitus and hepatitis C are similar to our own, reported at the 8th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 2 In our study, diabetes was found in 34.7% and 2.7% of chronic hepatitis C and chronic hepatitis B patients, respective
While patients with liver disease are known to have a higher prevalence of glucose intolerance, preliminary studies suggest that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may be an additional risk factor for the development of diabetes mellitus. To further study the correlation of HCV infection and diabetes