Further evidence for an association between non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1059-1063

  Caronia, Simona ^a   Taylor, Kevin ^b   Pagliaro, Luigi ^a   Carr, Colin ^b   Palazzo, Ugo ^a   Petrik, Juraj ^b   O'Rahilly, Stephen ^b   Shore, Sarah ^b   Tom, Brian D M ^b   Alexander, Graeme J M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032835659     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300416     Document Type: Article

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