Hepatitis C Virus
Reports summarize hepatitis c virus study results from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Department of Medicine
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, December 11th, 2006
Data detailed in "Low prevalence of hepatitis-C viral seropositivity among patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in a tertiary hospital" have been presented. "Recently, there have been increasing reports of high prevalence of hepatitis-C virus (HCV) in patients with type-2 diabetes, mostly in western nations. This suggests that type-2 diabetic patients could be considered to be at special risk of acquiring HCV and possibly that diabetes has an etiological relationship with HCV," scientists in Ibadan, Nigeria report.
"Ninety patients with type-2 diabetes attending the medical outpatient clinic of the University College Hospital (UCH) and 90 nondiabetic controls with...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2006-12-11)
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