TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Mohamed Ismail AU - Ayman Yossry Abdelrehim , AU - Ehsan Hassan Hassan , AU - Rabab Fouad Emam , TI - Non - invasive fibrosis markers and transient elastography versus liver biopsy as predictors for end treatment response in chronic HCV patients receiving pegylated interferon and ribavirin / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Mohamed Ismail , KW - Chronic HCV KW - Interferon KW - Ribavirin N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Hepatitis C virus (HCV) accounts for a sizable proportion of cases of chronic liver disease, liver disease deaths and cases of hepatocellular carcinoma and represents the most common indication for liver transplantation (LTx). Projections based on the current prevalence of infection and anticipated rates of progression suggest that the morbidity and mortality as well as the medical care costs attributable to HCV infection will escalate alarmingly during the next two decades ER -