Open AccessSerum leptin and ghrelin in chronic hepatitis C patients with steatosis
Author(s) -
Christos Pavlidis,
Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos,
Dina Tiniakos,
Sotirios Koutsounas,
John Vlachogiannakos,
Irini Zouboulis-Vafiadis
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v17.i46.5097
Subject(s) - steatosis , medicine , leptin , liver biopsy , gastroenterology , insulin resistance , cirrhosis , ghrelin , hepatitis c virus , genotype , hepatitis c , endocrinology , biopsy , insulin , immunology , biology , hormone , virus , obesity , biochemistry , gene
To determine the associations between leptin and ghrelin concentrations and sustained virological response (SVR) in chronic hepatitis C patients with steatosis.