Hepatitis C virus infection-related Type 1 diabetes mellitus
โ Scribed by L.-K. Chen; Y.-C. Chou; S.-T. Tsai; S.-J. Hwang; S.-D. Lee
- Book ID
- 110924369
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 114 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0742-3071
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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