Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients Are ‘Spared’ from the Metabolic Syndrome but Not from Insulin Resistance. A Comparative Study of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Steatosis

Amedeo Lonardo; Stefano Ballestri; Luigi E Adinolfi; Enrico Violi; Lucia Carulli; Silvia Lombardini; Federica Scaglioni; Matteo Ricchi; Giuseppe Ruggiero; Paola Loria

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Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients Are ‘Spared’ from the Metabolic Syndrome but Not from Insulin Resistance. A Comparative Study of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Hepatitis C Virus-Related Steatosis

Authors: Amedeo Lonardo
Stefano Ballestri
Luigi E Adinolfi
Enrico Violi
Lucia Carulli
Silvia Lombardini
Federica Scaglioni
Matteo Ricchi
Giuseppe Ruggiero
Paola Loria
Publication date: 1 January 2009
Publisher: Wiley
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BACKGROUND: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and chronic hepatitis C feature steatosis and insulin resistance (IR), conditions associated with the metabolic syndrome (MS)

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