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Assessment of carotid atherosclerosis by carotid intima medial thickness in Egyptian hepatitis C virus positive patients /

Ahmed Rabie Abdellatif

Assessment of carotid atherosclerosis by carotid intima medial thickness in Egyptian hepatitis C virus positive patients / تقييم درجة تصلب الشرايين السباتية حسب سمك بطانة و وسط الشريان السباتى فى مرضى الالتهاب الكبدى سى المصريين Ahmed Rabie Abdellatif ; Supervised Ebtissam Zakaria Mohamed , Mery Nabil Rizk , Abir Zakaria Mohamed , Mariam Onsy Farag Hanna - Cairo : Ahmed Rabie Abdellatif , 2013 - 113 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

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

There are 170 million people affected with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, which may cause liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, worldwide. Egypt has the highest HCV prevalence in the world (overall prevalence of HCV antibody is 12% among the general population and reaches 40% in persons 40 years of age and above in rural areas our study aimed to study



Carotid intema medial thickness HCV Viral load and plaque