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[Investigation on the incidence of diabetes in chronic hepatitis C patients and their HCV genotypes].
Zhonghua gan zang bing za zhi = Zhonghua ganzangbing zazhi = Chinese journal of hepatology - 1 Feb 2006
Zhao Ping, Wang Jiang-bin, Jiao Jian
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and its relation to HCV genotypes, and to confirm whether diabetes is an exohepatic manifestation of CHC. METHODS: Sandwich hybridization microplate assays and fluorescence quantification PCR technology were used to detect HBV DNA, HCV RNA and HCV genotypes of 308 chronic hepatitis C patients and 305...
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