Haitham Ahmed Ali Gabr <br/><br/>
Fluvastatin as an adjuvant therapy with pegylated interferon and ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus /  
 الفلوفاستاتين كعقار مساعد لعقاري الانترفيرون طويل المفعول و الريبافيرين فى علاج الالتهاب الكبدى الوبائى الفيروسي (سى) المزمن 
Haitham Ahmed Ali Gabr ; Supervised Zakaria A. Salama , Moataz Serry Seyam , Ahmed Fouad Soliman 
 - Cairo :   Haitham Ahmed Ali Gabr ,   2013 
 - 288 P. ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine 
<br/><br/> It could be argued that statins, besides a weak direct antiviral effect, may enhance HCV infectivity of hepatocytes through the decrease in circulating LDL levels and the up-regulation of LDL receptors. This effect of statins might counterbalance the antiviral activity described in the replicon models 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Fluvastatin Statins and HCV Treatment of HCV