Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 702-710, November 2008

Patients with chronic hepatitis C achieving a sustained virological response to peginterferon and ribavirin therapy recover from impaired hepcidin secretion☆

  • Naoki Fujita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 59 231 5017; fax: +81 59 231 5223.
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  • Ryosuke Sugimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Satoshi Motonishi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanzawa, Japan
    • School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan
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  • Naohisa Tomosugi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Science, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanzawa, Japan
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  • Hideaki Tanaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Masaki Takeo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Motoh Iwasa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Yoshinao Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Hisao Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan
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  • Masahiko Kaito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
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  • Yoshiyuki Takei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Clinical Medicine and Biomedical Science, Institute of Medical Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan

Received 12 January 2008; received in revised form 30 April 2008; accepted 1 May 2008. published online 06 June 2008.

Associate Editor: Y.M. Deugnier

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☆ The authors declare that they do not have anything to disclose regarding funding from industries or conflict of interest with respect to this manuscript.

PII: S0168-8278(08)00358-9

doi:10.1016/j.jhep.2008.05.014

Journal of Hepatology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 702-710, November 2008

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