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| Souza,R.M.; Freitas,L.A.R.; Lyra,A.C.; Moraes,C.F.; Braga,E.L.; Lyra,L.G.C.. |
| The objective of the present study was to determine the presence of hepatic iron overload in patients with chronic HCV infection and to correlate it with histologic alterations, HCV genotype and response to therapy. Liver tissue samples from 95 patients with chronic hepatitis C were divided into two groups: group I, presence of iron overload in hepatic tissue (Perls' staining) and group II, no iron overload. Hepatic iron overload was detected in 30 (31.6%) of 95 patients. Of the 69 patients tested by genotyping, 49 (71.01%) were genotype 1 and 20 (28.99%) genotype non-1. Iron overload was detected in 14 (28.6%) patients with genotype 1 and in 6 (30%) with genotype non-1 (P = 0.906). There was a significant difference in fibrosis stage between groups (P =... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Hepatitis C infection; Iron overload; Genotype; Inflammatory activity; Fibrosis; Antiviral therapy. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000100009 |
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