High Serum Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein Level in Chronic Hepatitis C Viral Infection Is Reduced by Anti-Viral Treatments

• Hsiao-Ching Nien,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Shih-Jer Hsu,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan

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• Tung-Hung Su,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Po-Jen Yang,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jin-Chuan Sheu,

  Affiliations Liver Disease Prevention and Treatment Research Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jin-Town Wang,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Lu-Ping Chow,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Chi-Ling Chen,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Jia-Horng Kao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-Horng Kao, Wei-Shiung Yang

  * E-mail: wsyang@ntu.edu.tw (WSY); kaojh@ntu.edu.tw (JHK)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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• Wei-Shiung Yang

  Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-Horng Kao, Wei-Shiung Yang

  * E-mail: wsyang@ntu.edu.tw (WSY); kaojh@ntu.edu.tw (JHK)

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Hepatitis Research Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

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