Mona Samir Ali

Hepatitis C virus infection in Egyptian children with malignancy / الالتهاب الكبدى الفيروسي سى فى الاطفال المصريين المصابين بالسرطان Mona Samir Ali ; Supervised Mona Elsaid Elraziky , Eman Fawzy Halawa , Eman Hassan Draz - Cairo : Mona Samir Ali , 2012 - 149 Leaves : charts ; 25cm

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

Children with cancer are at a high risk for hepatitis C virus infection due to immunosuppression secondry to chemotherapy and multiple transfusions of blood products during the course of the disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the presence of HCV infection in children with malignant diseases, different risk factors, clinical course, laboratory, histopathological findings, natural history and type of response to HCV treatment



Blood transfusions HCV Immunosuppression