Conflicting data exist regarding the relationship between hepatitis C virus genotype 1 and hepatic steatosis as well as the latter's role in the progression of fibrosis and treatment response. We assessed factors associated with hepatic steatosis in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C and the impact of h
Increased serum gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase concentration is associated with nonalcoholic steatosis and not with cholestasis in patients with chronic hepatitis C
β Scribed by Federica Benini; Marie Graciella Pigozzi; Ornella Baisini; Laura Romanini; Hafez Ahmed; Alessandro Pozzi; Chiara Ricci; Alberto Lanzini
- Book ID
- 108951191
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0815-9319
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