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Increased serum gamma‐glutamyl‐transpeptidase concentration is associated with nonalcoholic steatosis and not with cholestasis in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Federica Benini, Marie Graciella Pigozzi, Ornella Baisini, Laura Romanini, Hafez A. Ahmed, Alessandro Pozzi, Chiara Ricci, Alberto Lanzini

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology · 2006 · 17 citations · 49 references

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Abstract

Increased serum gammaGT level in patients with chronic hepatitis C is associated with liver steatosis and fibrosis, and indicates more advanced liver disease rather than reflecting the cholestasis that often accompanies this condition.

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