Article
Risk factors for the development of diabetes mellitus in chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Jan 2009
Chehadeh Wassim, Abdella Nabila, Ben-Nakhi Abdullah, Al-Arouj Monira, Al-Nakib Widad
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIM: A high occurrence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been reported in Kuwait and other countries. However, HCV genotype 4 has been underrepresented in all previous studies. Our aim was to investigate the viral and host risk factors associated with the development of T2D in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 infection in the absence...
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