Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 736-742, May 2008

The presence of steatosis and elevation of alanine aminotransferase levels are associated with fibrosis progression in chronic hepatitis C with non-response to interferon therapy☆

  • Masayuki Kurosaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Kotaro Matsunaga

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Itsuko Hirayama

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Tomohiro Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Mitsuaki Sato

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Nobutoshi Komatsu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoki Umeda

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Takanori Hosokawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
    • ,
  • Ken Ueda

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
    • ,
  • Kaoru Tsuchiya

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroyuki Nakanishi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Jun Itakura

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Yasuhiro Asahina

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Shozo Miyake

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
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  • Nobuyuki Enomoto

      Affiliations

    • First Department of Internal Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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  • Namiki Izumi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, 1-26-1 Kyonan-cho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-8610, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 422 32 3111; fax: +81 422 32 9551.

Received 20 July 2007; received in revised form 8 October 2007; accepted 17 December 2007. published online 26 February 2008.

Associate Editor: J.G. McHutchison

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☆ The authors who have taken part in the research of this paper declared that they do not have a relationship with the manufactures of the drug involved either in the past or present and they did not receive funding from the manufactures to carry out their research. They did not receive funding from any source to carry out this study.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00122-0

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2007.12.025

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 736-742, May 2008

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