Hepatitis C virus infection causes hypolipidemia regardless of hepatic damage or nutritional state: An epidemiological survey of a large Japanese cohort
Aim: Infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the leading cause of liver cirrhosis that develops into hepatocellular carcinoma. Previous studies have shown in vitro that lipids within hepatocytes are crucially important for a series of HCV infection–proliferation–release processes. On the other ha...
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Published in | Hepatology research Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 530 - 541 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Melbourne, Australia
Blackwell Publishing Asia
01.06.2011
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