Association between insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and duration of hepatitis C in Egyptian patients

Association between insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and duration of hepatitis C in Egyptian patients

Background Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects around 170 million individuals worldwide. Egypt has one of the highest prevalence of patients with HCV worldwide. A higher prevalence of insulin resistance (IR) is found in this population. Aim The aim of this work was to study the relati...

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Main Authors: Ebtissam Zakaria, Tarek Fayad, Mary N Rizk, Nashwa S Ghanem, Maisa Kamal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2013-01-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
Subjects:
Hepatitis C virus, homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome
Online Access:http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2013;volume=25;issue=4;spage=213;epage=217;aulast=Zakaria

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