TY - BOOK AU - Walaa Abdelfattah Atya Elkak AU - Ayatallah Amir Nassef , AU - Hanan Abdelhalim Marzouk , AU - Mervat Saad Elansary , TI - Association of transforming growth factor Ý 1 gene polymorphism with natural clearance of hepatitis C virus / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Walaa Abdelfattah Atya Elkak , KW - Hepatitis C virus KW - Polymorphism KW - Transforming growth factor beta N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatitis C is a disease with a significant global impact . According to the World Health Organzation there are 130 - 170 million people infected with hepatitis V virus . Although the initial infection is frequently asymptomatic , there are several subsequent clinical manifestations , including fibrosis of the liver , cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma . The Egypt Demographic and Health Survery reported that the most recent report in 2008 had estimated a prevaence of 14.9 % UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -