High prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in diabetic patients

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 998-1000

  Simó, Rafael ^a   Hernández, Cristina ^a   Genescà, Joan ^a   Jardí, Rossend ^a   Mesa, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029739641     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.9.998     Document Type: Article

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