Fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C correlates significantly with body mass index and steatosis

Hepatology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1215-1219

  Hourigan, Luke F ^a   Macdonald, Graeme A ^b,c   Purdie, David ^b   Whitehall, Vicki H ^d   Shorthouse, Claudia ^a   Clouston, Andrew ^a   Powell, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital Research Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STEATOSIS;

EID: 0032924020     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510290401     Document Type: Article

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