Insulin resistance and steatosis in chronic hepatitis C

Annals of Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Machado, Mariana V ^a   Cortez Pinto, Helena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chronic hepatitis C; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin resistance; Steatosis

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; LEPTIN; PEGINTERFERON; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; STAT1 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; FATTY LIVER; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 66749149895     PISSN: 16652681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1665-2681(19)31829-0     Document Type: Article

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