Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 932-941.e3, March 2010

Chronic Hepatitis C Is Associated With Peripheral Rather Than Hepatic Insulin Resistance

  • Kerry–Lee Milner

      Affiliations

    • Garvan Institute for Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • David van der Poorten

      Affiliations

    • Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Michael Trenell

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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  • Arthur B. Jenkins

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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  • Aimin Xu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Pharmacology and Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Ageing, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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  • George Smythe

      Affiliations

    • Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Gregory J. Dore

      Affiliations

    • National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Amany Zekry

      Affiliations

    • St George Hospital Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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  • Martin Weltman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nepean Hospital and University of Sydney, Western Clinical School, Sydney, Australia
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  • Vincent Fragomeli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nepean Hospital and University of Sydney, Western Clinical School, Sydney, Australia
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  • Jacob George

      Affiliations

    • Storr Liver Unit, Westmead Millenium Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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  • Donald J. Chisholm

      Affiliations

    • Garvan Institute for Medical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Donald Chisholm, MBBS, FRACP, Diabetes and Obesity Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, 384 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. fax: (61) 2 9295 8201

Received 4 May 2009; accepted 20 November 2009. published online 07 December 2009.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Grant 358398), GESA postgraduate medical research scholarship, Robert W. Storr Bequest to the University of Sydney, a University of Sydney Grant and Hong Kong Research Council CRF (HKU 2/07C to A.X.). K.M. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Postgraduate scholarship. M.T. is supported by a Diabetes UK RD Lawrence Fellowship.

PII: S0016-5085(09)02102-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.11.050

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 932-941.e3, March 2010

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