Mohamed Elsayed Taha Elsayed <br/><br/>
Role of transient elastography (fibroscan) in assessment of liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients /  
 دور الفيبروسكان فى تقييم درجة تليف الكبد فى مرضى الإلتهاب الكبدى المزمن سى 
Mohamed Elsayed Taha Elsayed ; Supervised Hany Ahmed Samy , Gamal Eldin Esmat , Ahmed Hosni Kamel 
 - Cairo :   Mohamed Elsayed Taha Elsayed ,   2012 
 - 114P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Radio-diagnosis 
<br/><br/> Liver biopsy has been considered the gold standard and an indispensable reference method for therapeutic decisions regarding chronic hepatitis C, but it is an invasive and painful procedure with rare but potentially life threatening complications and it is contraindicated in the presence of some conditions as coagulopathy and thrombocytopenia 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Chronic hepatitis C patients  Liver biopsy  Transient elastography (fibroscan)