TY - BOOK AU - Mohamad Mahmoud Asaad Sherif AU - Gihad Adel Elnahri , AU - Omaima Khaled Eyada , AU - Rania Mohammad Sobhy , TI - Ophthalmological side - effects in patients receiving interferon and ribavirin therapy for treatment of hepatitis C virus / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mohamad Mahmoud Asaad Sherif , KW - Interferon KW - Ocular manifestations of hepatitis C virus KW - Ribavirin N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Ophthalmology; Issued also as CD N2 - 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 ER -