TY - BOOK AU - Gasem Mohammad Shawish Almasri AU - Ahmed Fouad Soliman , AU - Maissa Alraziky , AU - Wafaa Ahmed Alakel , TI - Diabetic chronic HCV patients and their response to interferon therapy / PY - 2010/// CY - Cairo : PB - Gasem Mohammad Shawish Almasri , KW - Chronic HCV KW - Diabetes mellitus KW - Predictors of response N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatitis C virus is a major puplic health problem and is considered the most common etiology of chronic liver disease in Egypt . Serum blood glucose and HbA1C are most commonly measured in diabetic patients with hepatic disease . Diabetes may decrease response to interferon therapy and decrease early virological response ER -