TY - BOOK AU - Heba Mohamed Mohamed Shehata AU - Abdelgawad Ali Fahmi , AU - Amal Mohamed Ahmed , AU - Mohamed Ali Eldesouky , TI - Biochemical studies of vascular endothelial growth factor in patients with liver diseases / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Heba Mohamed Mohamed Shehata , KW - Hepatitis C virus KW - Hepatocellular carcinoma KW - Ü - fetoprotein N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Science - Department of Biochemistry; Issued also as CD N2 - Chronic infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a well established risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and in many areas of the world is the predominant etiology for hepatocarcinogenesis . The prevalence of HCV infection varies throughout the world , the highest number of infections is reported in Egypt . HCV accounts for about 70% of cases with chronic hepatitis , 40% with cirrhosis , 60% with HCC and 15 - 30% of liver transplantation UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -