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Treatment with direct-acting antivirals improves peripheral insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic, lean chronic hepatitis C patients

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is associated with insulin resistance, which may lead to type 2 diabetes and its complications. Although HCV infects mainly hepatocytes, it may impair insulin sensitivity at the level of uninfected extrahepatic tissues (muscles and adipose tissu...

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Autores principales: Gastaldi, Giacomo, Gomes, Diana, Schneiter, Philippe, Montet, Xavier, Tappy, Luc, Clément, Sophie, Negro, Francesco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6553748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31170218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217751