A link between leptin and steatosis in chronic hepatitis C? Time to weigh up the fats

Am J Gastroenterol. 2003 May;98(5):952-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07422.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Body Mass Index
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Fats / metabolism
  • Fatty Liver / blood*
  • Fatty Liver / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Hepacivirus / isolation & purification
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / blood*
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Leptin / blood*
  • Leptin / physiology
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / etiology
  • Liver Cirrhosis / physiopathology
  • Male
  • Sex Factors

Substances

  • Fats
  • Leptin