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Role of insulin resistance as an independent predictor in the treatment of chronic HCV /

Tarek Ibrahim Ahmed

Role of insulin resistance as an independent predictor in the treatment of chronic HCV / دور مقاومة الانسولين فى التنبؤ بالاستجابة لعلاج الالتهاب الكبدى الفيروسى سى Tarek Ibrahim Ahmed ; Supervised Maher Abobakr Elamir , Emad Elmoatasem Bellah Amin , Nagwa Kamal Eldin Roshdy - Cairo : Tarek Ibrahim Ahmed , 2012 - 178 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects an estimated 170 million persons worldwide and thus represents a viral pandemic, one that is five times as widespread as infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Chronic hepatitis C develops in up to 85% of patients with acute hepatitis C (Lauer et al.,2001). Six distinct but related HCV genotypes and multiple subtypes have been identified on the basis of molecular relatedness



ANA HCV genotype were determined Liver biopsy