chronic hepatitis c
Metabolic syndrome found in 52 percent of patients after liver transplantation
Researchers from Israel have determined that more than half of liver transplant recipients develop post-transplantation metabolic syndrome (PTMS), placing them at greater risk for cardiovascular disease. Prior to transplantation only 5% of the patie…
Hepatitis C: In 2011, a predictive marker for response to therapy
Scientists at Inserm and Institut Pasteur have performed biomarker discovery on patients being treated for chronic hepatitis C infection. Their work, published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrates that the plasma levels of the p…
Visceral adiposity index directly correlated to viral load in genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C
Researchers at the University of Palermo in Italy provide the evidence that a higher visceral adiposity index score — a new index of adipose dysfunction — has a direct correlation with viral load and is independently associated with both steatos…
