Recent studies suggest that diabetes mellitus increases the risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The aim of this study is to quantify the risk of HCC among patients with both diabetes mellitus and hepatitis C in a large cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis.
Chronic hepatitis C increased the mortality rates of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma and diabetes mellitus in a triple hepatitis virus endemic community
โ Scribed by Kuo-Chin Chang; Pei-Shan Tsai; Mei-Chin Hsu; Shu-Fen Hung; Chin-Chen Tsai; Sheng-Nan Lu
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 261 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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