Association of vitamin D serum levels and its common genetic determinants, with severity of liver fibrosis in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C patients

Journal of Viral Hepatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 486-493

  Petta, S ^a   Grimaudo, S ^a   Marco, V D ^a   Scazzone, C ^a   MacAluso, F S ^a   Camma C ^a   Cabibi, D ^a   Pipitone, R ^a   Craxi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

dehydrocholesterol reductase; fibrosis; hepatitis C virus; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 2R1; DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL REDUCTASE 7; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEREDITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26-MONOOXYGENASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SERUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84878575439     PISSN: 13520504     EISSN: 13652893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12072     Document Type: Article

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