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Research Article

Effect of Vitamin E on Serum Aminotransferase and Thioredoxin Levels in Patients with Viral Hepatitis C

Sabina Mahmood Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Gotaro Yamada Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Gouichi Niiyama Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Miwa Kawanaka Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Kazumi Togawa Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Miho Sho Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Toshio Ito Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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Takayo Sasagawa Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Japan
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Misako Okita Department of Nutritional Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Japan
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Hajime Nakamura Department of Biological Responses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Junji Yodoi Department of Biological Responses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Pages 781-785 | Received 01 Dec 2001, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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