The Risk of Occurrence of Diabetes Mellitus Among Chronic Hepatitis B Filipino Patients
Autor: | Ann Abigail Cal-Ortiz, Nikki Liwag, Taehyun 'Michael' Lee, Ron Christian Sison, Patricia Bianca Balaga, Ciara Maye Morales, Kristine Lagandaon, Xandro Alexi Nieto |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Zdroj: | American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 144:A214-A214 |
ISSN: | 1943-7722 0002-9173 |
DOI: | 10.1093/ajcp/144.suppl2.214 |
Popis: | The Philippines is considered hyperendemic for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection with, a prevalence rate of approximately 6%-12%. In a recent study, HBV infection has recently shown to be associated with diabetes mellitus (DM). Consequently, DM deaths in the Philippines reached 18,512, or 4.39% of total deaths. The effect of duration of … |
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