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Ophthalmological side - effects in patients receiving interferon and ribavirin therapy for treatment of hepatitis C virus /

Mohamad Mahmoud Asaad Sherif

Ophthalmological side - effects in patients receiving interferon and ribavirin therapy for treatment of hepatitis C virus / الأعراض الجانبية الرمدية فى المرضى المعالجين بالانترفيرون والريبافين لعلاج الالتهاب الفروسى الكبدى (سى) Mohamad Mahmoud Asaad Sherif ; Supervised Gihad Adel Elnahri , Omaima Khaled Eyada , Rania Mohammad Sobhy - Cairo : Mohamad Mahmoud Asaad Sherif , 2011 - 105 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Ophthalmology

Chronic hepatitis C is a serious condition that can lead to cirrhosis of the liver and may progress to life threatening hepatocellular carcinoma . Current combination therapy of interferon alpha and ribavirin is the most successful treatment . However , patients must be monitored closely , as this therapy may produce ocular and systemic side effects



Interferon Ocular manifestations of hepatitis C virus Ribavirin