Hypozincemia in Chronic Hepatitis C Is Improved with Viral Clearance by Direct-acting Antiviral Agents

Autor: Toshikuni Suda, Ryosaku Shirahashi, Masaya Tamano
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Internal Medicine
ISSN: 1349-7235
0918-2918
Popis: Objective Hypozincemia is a decrease in the serum zinc level of patients with hepatitis C and often requires zinc supplementation to improve the hepatic function. Our previous study showed the efficacy of direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) treatment on serum zinc levels in patients with hepatitis C without zinc supplementation. In this study, we aimed to prospectively examine factors related to the improvement of serum zinc levels of patents with hepatitis C with DAA treatment. Methods Fifty-three patients with hepatitis C treated with DAAs between March 2018 and February 2019 at a university medical center were divided into two groups based on their initial serum level: the zinc deficiency group (n=43
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