TY - BOOK AU - Basem Elsayed Eysa Elsayed AU - Ehsan Hassan Hassan , AU - Gamal Eldin Esmat , AU - Wahid Halim Doss , TI - Histopathological findings in liver biopsy in relation to virological response in chronic hepatitis C patients Receiving combined therapy / PY - 2014/// CY - Cairo : PB - Basem Elsayed Eysa Elsayed , KW - Assessment of liver tissue KW - Chronic hepatitis C KW - Hepatitis C Overview N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - In conclusion, considering the value and safety of LB, and the current limitations of noninvasive tests, LB will continue to remain, in the nearby future, as the cornerstone and the gold standard test in the assessment of liver fibrosis and histology. Accordingly, treatment decision in less developed countries should be tailored to attain the highest cost effective disease outcome. While great efforts and advances have been made to improve noninvasive markers, nevertheless, major steps remain ahead before these tests can replace LB in both the information obtained and the accuracy in diagnosis. The relapse of patients could be predicted pretreatment by good patient selection, as well as patient sustained virological response UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -