Low vitamin d serum level is related to severe fibrosis and low responsiveness to interferon-based therapy in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1158-1167

  Petta, Salvatore ^a   Camm̀a, Calogero ^a   Scazzone, Concetta ^b   Tripodo, Claudio ^a   Marco, Vito Di ^a   Bono, Antonino ^a   Cabibi, Daniela ^a   Licata, Giusalba ^a   Porcasi, Rossana ^a   Marchesini, Giulio ^c   Craxí, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; OXYGENASE; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERONS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RIBAVIRIN; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77950624679     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.23489     Document Type: Article

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