Fatma Mohamed Talaat Elgengehy <br/><br/>
Efficacy of combined pegylated interferon\ribavirin therapy in the management of rheumatological manifestations of chronic HCV patients /  
 تقييم فاعلية عقار الإنترفيرون طويل المفعول والريبافيرين فى علاج الأعراض الروماتيزمية المصاحبة لمرضى الإلتهاب الكبدى الفيروسى سي 
Fatma Mohamed Talaat Elgengehy ; Supervised Ayman Kamal Elgarf , Samar Mohamed Fawzy , Mohamed Said Abdelaziz 
 - Cairo :   Fatma Mohamed Talaat Elgengehy ,   2012 
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<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Rheumatology and rehabilitation 
<br/><br/> The HCV epidemic is particularly devastating in Egypt where the prevalence of  HCV infection is about 12% chronic hepatitis C infection can result in accumulation of immune complexes and stimulate antibodies which can result in extrahepatic  manifestations . This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of combined pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy in the management of rheumatological extraheptic manifestations in HCV patients 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>HCV  Pegylated IFN  Rheumatological extrahepatic manifestations