Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D therapy in chronic hepatitis C

Vitamin D deficiency and vitamin D therapy in chronic hepatitis C

Background. Vitamin D has immunomodulatory properties, exerts an anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) effect in vitro and improves response to interferon-based therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Low serum levels of 25(OH) vitamin D [25(OH)D] are frequently found in CHC patients and seem to...

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Main Authors: José M. Ladero, María J. Torrejón, Pilar Sánchez-Pobre, Avelina Suárez, Francisca Cuenca, Virginia de la Orden, María J. Devesa, María Rodrigo, Vicente Estrada, Gustavo López-Alonso, José A. Agúndez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-03-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
Subjects:
Hepatitis C virus
Calcitriol
Fibrosis
IL28B
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119313572

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