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World J Hepatol. Jan 27, 2012; 4(1): 11-17
Published online Jan 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i1.11
Elevation of the glycated albumin to glycated hemoglobin ratio during the progression of hepatitis C virus related liver fibrosis
Nobuhiro Aizawa, Hirayuki Enomoto, Hiroyasu Imanishi, Masaki Saito, Yoshinori Iwata, Hironori Tanaka, Naoto Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Tomoyuki Takashima, Takashi Iwai, Ei-ichiro Moriwaki, Soji Shimomura, Hiroko Iijima, Hideji Nakamura, Shuhei Nishiguchi
Nobuhiro Aizawa, Hirayuki Enomoto, Hiroyasu Imanishi, Masaki Saito, Yoshinori Iwata, Hironori Tanaka, Naoto Ikeda, Yoshiyuki Sakai, Tomoyuki Takashima, Takashi Iwai, Ei-ichiro Moriwaki, Soji Shimomura, Hiroko Iijima, Hideji Nakamura, Shuhei Nishiguchi, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan
Hideji Nakamura, Department of Gasteroenterology, Nissay Hospital, Osaka 550-0012, Japan
Author contributions: Aizawa N and Enomoto H contributed equally to this work; Enomoto H and Nakamura H designed and proposed the research; all authors approved the analysis and participated in drafting the article; Aizawa N, Enomoto H, Saito M, Iwata Y, Tanaka H, Ikeda N, Sakai Y, Takashima T, Iwai T, Moriwaki E, Shimomura S and Iijima H treated the patients, performed the liver biopsies and collected the clinical data; all authors were involved in the histological evaluation and the final histopathological results were confirmed by Enomoto H and Imanishi H; Aizawa N, Enomoto H and Nishiguchi S performed the statistical analysis; Enomoto H, Imanishi H and Nakamura H wrote the manuscript; all authors were involved in the manuscript revision and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by A Grant-in-Aid for Health and Labor Sciences Research from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
Correspondence to: Hirayuki Enomoto, MD, PhD, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Mukogawa-cho 1-1, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan. enomoto@hyo-med.ac.jp
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Received: March 31, 2011
Revised: September 19, 2011
Accepted: January 15, 2012
Published online: January 27, 2012
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