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[Steatosis, chronic hepatitis virus C infection and homocysteine].
Gastroenterologie clinique et biologique - 1 Apr 2007
Roblin Xavier, Pofelski Joanna, Zarski Jean-Pierre
Abstract excerpt
Homocysteine, a sulfuric amino acid involved in methionine metabolism, belongs to the group of intracellular thiols. Hyperhomocysteinemia is frequent in the Caucasian population (more than 15%) and its role in vascular pathology has been clearly established. In hepatology, experimental data in transgenic mice deficient in homocysteine metabolism enzymes have shown the presence of severe liver steatosis with...
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