Chronic hepatitis C and fibrosis: evidences for possible estrogen benefits

The main injury caused by hepatitis C virus is the hepatic fibrosis, as a result of a chronic inflammatory process in the liver characterized by the deposit of components from the extracellular matrix. The fibrosis development leads to the modification of the hepatic architecture, of the hepatocellu...

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Main Authors: Liana Codes, Ludmilla Matos, Raymundo Paraná
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000300014&lng=en&tlng=en