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Relation between osteopntin gene polymorphism and the efficacy of interferon - based therapies in HCV patients /

Reham Fares Mohammed Elrouby

Relation between osteopntin gene polymorphism and the efficacy of interferon - based therapies in HCV patients / العلاقة بين التحور فى جين الاستيوبونتين وكفاءة العلاج بالانترفيرون فى مرضى الالتهاب الكبدى الوبائى سى Reham Fares Mohammed Elrouby ; Supervised Olfat Gamil Shaker , Yasser Hussein Nassar , Amr Aly Zahra - Cairo : Reham Fares Mohammed Elrouby , 2011 - 116 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

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

HCV is considered one the major health problems worldwide . This study aimed to determine the relationship between Osteopontin gene polymorphism and the efficacy of interferon - based therapies in HCV patients . The study included 99 HCV chronically infected Egyptian patients . All of them received PEG - IFN alpha - 2b plus ribavirin for 24 weeks



Chronic Hepatitis C Osteopntin Promoter SNPs