Liver diseases and metabolic syndrome

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 509-518

  Watanabe, Sumio ^a   Yaginuma, Reiko ^a   Ikejima, Kenichi ^a   Miyazaki, Akihisa ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Metabolic syndrome; Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseases; Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; Pegylated interferon; Ribavirin; Sustained viral response

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE; ETANERCEPT; FATTY ACID; INTERFERON; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE B; RIBAVIRIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DRUG POTENTIATION; FATIGUE; FATTY LIVER; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEG EDEMA; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MONOTHERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER;

EID: 48449100526     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2193-6     Document Type: Review

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