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Hepatic steatosis in Iranian patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre - 1 Jan 2008
Minakari Mohammad, Sameni Farzaneh Khadem, Shalmani Hamid Mohaghegh, Molaee Mahsa, Zali Mohammad-Reza
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the frequency and severity of fibrosis, and also the association of various viral and host factors of steatosis in Iranian patients with hepatitis C (CHC). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Eighty treatment-naive CHC patients, age 37.6 +/- 11.77 years, were studied. Percutaneous liver biopsy was performed for all patients. Based on pathology reports, patients were divided into two groups: with and...
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