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Scientists at Medical School target hepatitis therapy

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, April 9th, 2007

A report, "Gamma glutamyltranspeptidase activity and viral hepatitis in dialysis population," is newly published data in International Journal of Artificial Organs. According to recent research from the United States, "Numerous investigations have reported that viral hepatitis is associated with significant hepatocellular damage, as expressed by raised aminotransferases in serum, in dialysis population. However, scarce information exists on the activity of gamma glutamyltranspeptidase (GGTP) in dialysis patients with infection by hepatotropic viruses. We measured serum GGTP values in a large cohort (n=757) of patients receiving long-term dialysis; healthy controls were also...

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