Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8368933 | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection did increase the risk of development of metabolic bone disease in this cohort. Indeed, greater reduction of bone mass density occurs in advanced liver fibrosis. The bone loss in earlier stages of chronic hepatitis C infection is likely to result from increased bone reduction rather than decreased bone formation. Overall, these observations suggest an important role for chronic hepatitis C virus infection in increased bone turnover in osteodystrophy pathogenesis.
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Authors
Vahid Babaei, Masoud Ghorbani, Nastaran Mohseni, Hojjat Afraid, Yassaman Saghaei, Shahram Teimourian,