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Letters |17 July 2001

Association of Hepatitis C and Diabetes Mellitus

Robert Paris, MD, MPH

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  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (Paris)
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TO THE EDITOR:
The report by Mehta and colleagues (1) on the association between HCV infection and type 2 diabetes mellitus is intriguing. In the accompanying editorial, Alexander states that “a clear biological link … is not obvious” and summarizes the possible biological mechanisms that may be responsible for the observed link (2). One possibility that was not highlighted is the association between hepatitis C and iron overload, which may partly explain the observed findings (3). Of importance, in a different analysis of NHANES III data, Ford and Cogswell found a significant association between elevated serum ferritin level...
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Paris R. Association of Hepatitis C and Diabetes Mellitus. Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:141–142. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00017

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2001;135(2):141-142.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-2-200107170-00017

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