TY - BOOK AU - Mariana Victor Philips Guerges AU - Areeg Hasan Elgharabawy , AU - Hatem Abdelhameed Darweesh , AU - Tarek Mahmoud Hussein , TI - The study of islet cell antibodies and insulin resistance in hepatitis C virus infected population thesis / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mariana Victor Philips Guerges , KW - Diabetes KW - Hepatitis C KW - Islet cell antibodies N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Background and study aim : Diabetes is frequently found in patients with chronic HCV infection even befors the development of advanced liver disease . The underlying mechanism responsible for derangements in glucose tolerance is poorly understood . The present study was designes to search for the presence of islet cell antibodies or insulin resistance in HCV infected patients which may preceed the development of overt diabetes UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -