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Cigarette smoking and hepatic lesions in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Jul 2001
Pessione F, Ramond M J, Njapoum C, Duchatelle V, Degott C, Erlinger S, Rueff B, Valla D C, Degos F
Abstract excerpt
A possible hepatotoxicity of cigarette smoke has been recently suggested by epidemiological and experimental studies. Our aim was to study the possible relationships between smoking and liver fibrosis and activity in patients with chronic hepatitis C. A cross-sectional study was performed in a group of 310 patients with chronic hepatitis C consecutively hospitalized for their first liver biopsy. The relationships...
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