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The Risk of Cirrhosis and Its Complications Based on PNPLA3 rs738409 G Allele Frequency.
Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2022
Shao Xue, Uojima Haruki, Arai Taeang, Ogawa Yuji, Setsu Toru, Atsukawa Masanori, Furuichi Yoshihiro, Arase Yoshitaka, Horio Kazue, Hidaka Hisashi, Nakazawa Takahide, Kako Makoto, Kagawa Tatehiro, Iwakiri Katsuhiko, Nakajima Atsushi, Terai Shuji, Tanaka Yasuhito, Koizumi Wasaburo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Data regarding the influence of patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 (PNPLA3) polymorphism for patients with liver cirrhosis (LC) are scarce. OBJECTIVE: This study assesses the role of the PNPLA3 polymorphism for the development of LC and its complications by the findings of genetic examinations. METHODS: Patients with LC caused by virus (n = 157), alcohol (n = 104), nonalcoholic fatty liver...
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