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Hepatitis A Virus Therapy
Research from General Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology provides new data about hepatitis A virus therapy
July 9th, 2007
A new study, "An assessment of serum leptin levels in patients with chronic viral hepatitis: a prospective study," is now available. According to a study from Athens, Greece, "The role of leptin in the course of liver disease due to chronic viral hepatitis (CVH) remains controversial. Our aims were to investigate the relationship between serum leptin concentrations and the severity of liver disease in a cohort of subjects with HBeAg negative chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and C (CHC) and to analyze the effect of body composition, the leptin system and insulin resistance together with viral factors on virologic response to antiviral treatment." "We studied 50 (36 men)...
Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2007-07-09)
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