TY - BOOK AU - Aliaa Sayed Eldash AU - Mariam Onsy Farag Hanna , AU - Safa Sayed Meshaal , AU - Shereen Mahmoud Shawky , TI - Comet assay for detection of DNA damage caused by hepatitis C virus induced cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Aliaa Sayed Eldash , KW - Comet assay KW - Hepatitis C virus KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - A significant proportion of cancer is atlributable to DNA damage caused by chronic infection and inflammation. Because hepatitis C virus (HCV) cause chronic infection and inflammatory disease, the aim of the present study was to investigate DNA damage in patients with HCV infection compared with controls and whether there is an association between the level of peripheral DNA damage and hepatocellular carcinoma HCC UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -