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Hepatitis C virus, diabetes and steatosis: clinical evidence in favor of a linkage and role of genotypes.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2010
Mihm Sabine
Abstract excerpt
Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) primarily causes chronic liver disease with characteristic histopathologic features, including hepatic steatosis. Moreover, chronic hepatitis C is also closely related to insulin resistance (IR) and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). This review summarizes the available clinical evidence for a linkage of chronic HCV infection and developing IR or DM that...
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