In patients with chronic hepatitis C, alcohol consumption has been proposed as a risk factor for the progression of liver disease; however, evidence for this remains conflicting. Two hundred thirty-four anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV)positive patients who had a liver biopsy performed within the past 24
Glucose abnormalities in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and chronic hepatitis C virus infection: the role of iron overload
✍ Scribed by Albert Lecube; Cristina Hernández; Rafael Simó
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 176 KB
- Volume
- 25
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1520-7552
- DOI
- 10.1002/dmrr.972
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