title: Hepatitis. Chronic HCV infection, diabetes and liver-related outcomes.
abstract: There is increasing interest in the role that diabetes has in liver-related outcomes in patients with chronic HCV. Elkrief and colleagues have furthered this discussion by indicating that diabetes may be considered a prognostic factor for major liver-related outcomes in patients with chronic HCV infection, including death and transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Center for Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.affiliation: Betty and Guy Beatty Center for Integrated Research, Inova Health System, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA.
authors.forename: Zobair
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Younossi
mesh_terms: D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male