Steatosis accelerates the progression of liver damage of chronic hepatitis C patients and correlates with specific HCV genotype and visceral obesity

Hepatology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1358-1364

  Adinolfi, Luigi E ^a   Gambardella, Michele ^a   Andreana, Augusto ^a   Tripodi, Marie françoise ^a   Utili, Riccardo ^a   Ruggiero, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRON STORAGE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEATOSIS;

EID: 0034987263     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2001.24432     Document Type: Article

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