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Fat mass and obesity-associated gene variations are related to fatty liver disease in HIV-infected patients.
HIV medicine - 1 Sept 2017
Núñez-Torres R, Macías J, Rivero-Juarez A, Neukam K, Merino D, Téllez F, Merchante N, Gómez-Mateos J, Rivero A, Pineda J A, Real L M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Fatty liver disease (FLD) is frequently observed in HIV-infected patients. Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are strongly associated with FLD. Because genetic variants within the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene have been associated with both pathologies, our aim was to evaluate the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the FTO, previously related to obesity...
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