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High prevalence of diabetes mellitus in patients with chronic hepatitis C. A case-control study.

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1996

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Sylvie Grimbert, P. Valensi, Claire Lévy‐Marchal, G. Perret, J. P. Richardet, C Raffoux, Jean–Claude Trinchet, Michel Beaugrand

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is more prevalent in patients with chronic hepatitis C than in patients with other liver diseases, and usually occurs in the absence of predisposing factors. These results suggest a role of hepatitis C virus infection in the pathogenesis of diabetes.