WEST INDIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.55, sa.6, ss.409-413, 2006 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Objectives: In acute viral hepatitis A (A VH-A), involvement of the liver is through cytotoxic cells and cytokine levels are increased Immune response of the host determines the severity of the disease. Leptin stimulates cytokines, therefore, the authors hypothesized that the relationship between leptin and cellular immunity might cause different clinical presentations of the disease.