Elevation of the glycated albumin to glycated hemoglobin ratio during the progression of hepatitis C virus related liver fibrosis

World Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Aizawa, Nobuhiro ^a   Enomoto, Hirayuki ^a   Imanishi, Hiroyasu ^a   Saito, Masaki ^a   Iwata, Yoshinori ^a   Tanaka, Hironori ^a   Ikeda, Naoto ^a   Sakai, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takashima, Tomoyuki ^a   Iwai, Takashi ^a   Moriwaki, Ei Ichiro ^a   Shimomura, Soji ^a   Iijima, Hiroko ^a   Nakamura, Hideji ^a,b   Nishiguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NISSAY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycated albumin; Glycated hemoglobin; Hepatitis C virus; Liver biopsy; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872089746     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19485182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i1.11     Document Type: Article

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