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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 14, 2010; 16(14): 1747-1752
Published online Apr 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1747
Published online Apr 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i14.1747
Successful antiviral therapy is associated with a decrease of serum prohepcidin in chronic hepatitis C
Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Magdalena Rogalska, Robert Flisiak, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok 15-540, Poland
Iwona Flisiak, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok 15-540, Poland
Author contributions: Jaroszewicz J and Flisiak R designed the study, collected patients’ material, analyzed and interpreted the data and contributed to writing the manuscript; Rogalska M performed the prohepcidin assays, analyzed the data and contributed to writing the manuscript; Flisiak I collected the references and contributed to writing the manuscript.
Supported by A Scientific Grant from the Medical University in Bialystok, No. 356978-L and a Polpharma Foundation For Development of Polish Pharmacy and Medicine
Correspondence to: Robert Flisiak, Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hepatology, Medical University of Bialystok, Zurawia Str 14, Bialystok 15-540, Poland. flisiakr@poczta.onet.pl
Telephone: +48-85-7416921 Fax: +48-85-7416921
Received: December 14, 2009
Revised: January 13, 2010
Accepted: January 20, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2010
Revised: January 13, 2010
Accepted: January 20, 2010
Published online: April 14, 2010
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