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Changes in adipocytokines and insulin sensitivity during and after antiviral therapy for hepatitis C genotype 4.
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD - 1 Mar 2012
Khattab Mahmoud Aboelneen, Eslam Mohammed, Shatat Mohammed, Abd-Aalhalim Hesham, Mousa Yousef I, Samir Fatma, Aly Hanan, Shaker Olfat, Shaker Yehia
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, especially genotypes 1 and 4, is associated with wide metabolic disarrangements. AIM: To assess whether host metabolic factors influence sustained virological response (SVR) in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4 (HCV-4) treated with peginterferon / ribavirin and to evaluate the impact of antiviral therapy on insulin resistance (IR) and serum levels of...
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