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Serum adiponectin correlates with viral characteristics but not histologic features in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Aug 2005
Liu Chun-Jen, Chen Pei-Jer, Jeng Yung-Ming, Huang Wen-Ling, Yang Wei-Shiung, Lai Ming-Yang, Kao Jia-Horng, Chen Ding-Shinn
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: Adiponectin induces insulin sensitivity and modulates inflammatory responses. We thus studied the implications of adiponectin in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection inherently linked to insulin resistance. METHODS: We analyzed the association of serum adiponectin levels with clinical, virologic, and histologic findings in 95 naive Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis C...
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