Correlation between insulin resistance and hepatitis C viral load [3]

Hepatology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1168-

  Harrison, Stephen A ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 15; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VIRUS RNA;

BODY MASS; ETHNOLOGY; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPLICON; RNA REPLICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS LOAD;

HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33646590958     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21125     Document Type: Letter

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