The homeostasis model assessment of the insulin resistance score is not predictive of a sustained virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients.

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Published in Liver Int on September 14, 2010

Authors

Giovanna Fattovich1, Loredana Covolo, Michela Pasino, Eleonora Perini, Luigi Rossi, Giorgio Brocco, Maria Guido, Chiara Cristofori, Caterina Belotti, Massimo Puoti, Giovanni Battista Gaeta, Teresa Santantonio, Giovanni Raimondo, Raffaele Bruno, Eliseo Minola, Francesco Negro, Francesco Donato, Italian Hepatitis C Cohort Study Collaborative Group

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. giovanna.fattovich@univr.it

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