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In the blood, once secreted from the pineal gland, melatonin is usually bound to albumin, metabolized to 6-hydroxymelatonin by cytochrome P-450 isoforms and conjugated, in the liver, to produce the principal urinary metabolite, 6-sulfatoxy-melatonin, which is finally eliminated through the kidney 14
It is estimated that 170 million of people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV).1 In Mexico HCV prevalence for the general population is 1.4%2 but in some risk populations the prevalence is higher.3,4 Although only a small proportion of acute HCV infections are symptomatic, hepatitis C progresses to chronic infection in approximately 60-85% of cases,2,5,6 and 15 to 20% of HCV chronically infected patients develop liver cirrhosis after 20 years, while 1-4% will develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).7,8 In the Mexican population chronic liver diseases represent the fourth leading cause of death and the second among productive-aged population.8 HCV is an RNA virus and a member of the Hepacivirus genus classified into the Flaviviridae family
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