Epidemiological studies suggest diabetes mellitus (DM) may be an extrahepatic manifestation of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Since diabetes and HCV are common in liver transplant recipients, we sought to examine the unique contribution of HCV infection to risk of de novo diabetes posttr
The role of effectively treated chronic hepatitis C infection in the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus
โ Scribed by Tugrul Purnak
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 57 KB
- Volume
- 49
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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