Serum leptin level and its association with fatigue in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Arab Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 54-57

  El Gindy, Eman M ^a   Ali Eldin, Fatma A ^a   Meguid, Marwa A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Fatigue; HCV; Leptin

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ASCITES; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILIRUBIN; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84866276525     PISSN: 16871979     EISSN: 20902387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajg.2012.05.001     Document Type: Article

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