Prevalence of thyroid disorders and the correlation of thyroid profile with liver enzymes, serum activin-A and follistatin during the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 and 4
Objectives Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and peg-interferon-α (Peg-INF-α) modulate serum activins and follistatin and are associated with thyroid disorders (TD).The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of CHC induced TD and to investigate the correlation of liver damage, serum activin-A and...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Modestum Publishing LTD
2014-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations |
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Online Access: | http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/24/JCEI-01045.pdf |