Effect of antiviral treatment on evolution of liver steatosis in patients with chronic hepatitis C: indirect evidence of a role of hepatitis C virus genotype 3 in steatosis

Authors :: Castera, L.
Hezode, C.
Roudot-Thoraval, F.
Lonjon, I.
Zafrani, E.-S.
Pawlotsky, J.-M.
Dhumeaux, D.
Source :: Gut. March 2004, Vol. 53 Issue 3, p420, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 2004
Abstract: Gut 2004;53:420-424. doi: 10.1136/gut.2003.009936 Background and aim: Recent studies suggest that liver steatosis in chronic hepatitis C may be the expression of a direct cytopathic effect of hepatitis C virus [...]

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