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Association of serum adipocytokines with insulin resistance and liver injury in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 4.
Journal of clinical gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Khattab Mahmoud Aboelneen, Eslam Mohammed, Aly Mayada M, Shatat Mohammed, Hussen Azaa, Moussa Yossef I, Elsaghir Ghada, Abdalhalim Hesham, Aly Ahmed, Gaber Salwa, Harrison Stephen A
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, especially genotypes 1 and 4, is associated with metabolic dysfunction. We investigated the potential role of adipocytokines in HCV-induced insulin resistance (IR) and modulating the progression of liver disease in patients with HCV-4. METHODS: Serum adiponectin, high molecular weight adiponectin, leptin, tumor necrosis factor-α, interluekin-6, homeostasis model for...
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