Coffee: The magical bean for liver diseases
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Coffee: The magical bean for liver diseases
Coffee has long been recognized as having hepatoprotective properties, however, the extent of any beneficial effect is still being elucidated. Coffee appears to reduce risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, reduce advancement of fibrotic disease in a variety of chronic liver diseases, and perhaps reduce ability of hepatitis C virus to replicate. This review aims to catalog the evidence for coffee as...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1948-5182
DOI: 10.4254/wjh.v9.i15.689