High prevalence of diabetes mellitus among adult β-thalassaemic patients with chronic hepatitis C

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1033-1036

  Labropoulou Karatza, Chryssoula ^a,c   Goritsas, Constantin ^a   Fragopanagou, Helen ^a   Repandi, Maria ^b   Matsouka, Panagiota ^a   Alexandrides, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b St Andrew's Hospital   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; HCV infection; Thalassaemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032710445     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199909000-00014     Document Type: Article

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