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Adiponectin: a new independent predictor of liver steatosis and response to IFN-alpha treatment in chronic hepatitis C.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2008
Zografos Theodoros A, Liaskos Christos, Rigopoulou Eirini I, Togousidis Elias, Makaritsis Kostantinos, Germenis Anastasios, Dalekos George N
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OBJECTIVES: To compare serum adiponectin and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha among patients with viral liver diseases; to investigate associations of serum adiponectin and TNF-alpha with histological or viral characteristics of chronic hepatitis C (CHC); to investigate adiponectin and TNF-alpha alterations during interferon (IFN)-alpha treatment; and to assess the relationship between serum adiponectin and...
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