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ea0037ep348 | Diabetes (pathiophysiology & epitemiology) | ECE2015

Abnormalities in glucose metabolism are present in HCV/HIV co-infected patients with severe liver fibrosis even in the absence of diabetes

Blanco Manuel Cayon , Mateos Carolina Garcia-Figueras , Nieto Gloria Baena , Herrera Patricia Bancalero , Cortes Salvador Perez , Pernia Alberto Terron

Rationale: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a well known independent prognosis factor associated with cirrhosis. Nevertheless, few studies are focused on the association between glucose metabolism and liver fibrosis in HCV/HIV patients and their conclusions are contradictory. The aim of our study was to investigate the relationship between glucose homeostasis and liver fibrosis in these patients.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we compared prevalen...

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Abnormalities in glucose metabolism are present in HCV/HIV co-infected patients with severe liver fibrosis even in the absence of diabetes

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