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Correlation between vitamin D levels and apoptosis in geriatric patients infected with hepatitis C virus genotype 4.
Clinical interventions in aging - 1 Jan 2016
Gabr Sami A, Alghadir Ahmad H, Allam Ahmed A, Ajarem Jamaan, Al-Basher Ghada, Abdel-Maksoud Mostafa A, Ghfar Ayman A, Aboud Alaa
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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D levels play a pivotal role in most biological processes and differ according to age. A deficiency of vitamin D in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients has been shown to be linked with the severity of liver fibrosis, but little is known about the mechanism of this association. OBJECTIVE: In this study, we evaluate the potential interrelation between vitamin D levels, oxidative stress, and...
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