Heavy cigarette smoking induces hypoxic polycythemia (erythrocytosis) and hyperuricemia in chronic hepatitis C patients with reversal of clinical symptoms and laboratory parameters with therapeutic phlebotomy.
El-Zayadi
Abdel-Rahman
AR
Selim
Osaima
O
Hamdy
Hassan
H
El-Tawil
Ahmed
A
Moustafa
Hanaa
H
D000328:Adult; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011086:Polycythemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood*
D014527:Uric Acid