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Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 I148M affects liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis B.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Oct 2013
Viganò Mauro, Valenti Luca, Lampertico Pietro, Facchetti Floriana, Motta Benedetta Maria, D'Ambrosio Roberta, Romagnoli Solange, Dongiovanni Paola, Donati Benedetta, Fargion Silvia, Colombo Massimo
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Steatosis is a common histopathological feature of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and has been associated with severity of liver disease. Recently, the rs738409 I148M patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) polymorphism has been demonstrated to influence steatosis susceptibility and fibrosis progression in patients with different liver diseases, but no data are yet available for CHB. The...
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