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Significance of serum leptin and adiponectin levels in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C virus associated hepatic steatosis and fibrosis
Tarek E Korah, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, 32511 Menoufiya, Egypt
Sawsan El-Sayed, Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, 32511 Menoufiya, Egypt
Maathir K ElShafie, Ghada E Hammoda, Manal A Safan, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, 32511 Menoufiya, Egypt
Author contributions: All authors shared research ideas, and approved the final version of the manuscript; Korah TE interpreted the data and wrote the whole manuscript; El-Sayed S collected the clinical data and shared in the histopathological evaluation; ElShafie MK, Hammoda GE, Safan MA performed all the laboratory assays and wrote the laboratory methods.
Correspondence to: Dr. Tarek E Korah, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufiya University, Shebin El-Koom, 32511 Menoufiya, Egypt. tarekkorah@yahoo.com
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Received: June 18, 2012
Revised: August 14, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: February 27, 2013
Revised: August 14, 2012
Accepted: November 14, 2012
Published online: February 27, 2013
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