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Type 2 diabetes in hepatitis C-related mixed cryoglobulinaemia patients.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Feb 2004
Antonelli A, Ferri C, Fallahi P, Sebastiani M, Nesti C, Barani L, Barale R, Ferrannini E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) is a systemic vasculitis frequently associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. A possible link between HCV infection and type 2 diabetes has been suggested. This study evaluated the prevalence and clinical phenotype of diabetes in MC-HCV+ patients. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-nine consecutively recruited MC-HCV+ patients were compared with 217 sex- and...
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