TY - GEN AU - Rania Khalaf Abdelhamid Abdelkader AU - Samira Saleh Mostafa , AU - Sanaa Sabet Botros , TI - Assessment of hepatic metabolic function in patients with chronic liver disease / PY - 2006/// CY - Cairo : PB - Rania Khalaf Abd El Hamid Abd El Kader , KW - Antipyrine clearance KW - Chronic hepatitis C KW - Dimethyl diphenyl bicarboxylate N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology; Issued Also as CD N2 - Chronic hepatitis C (HCV) is a major health problem in EgyptAntipyrine clearance (APC) is a quantitative measure of hepatic metabolic functionDimethyl diphenyl bicarboxylate (DDB) is one of the alternative medicines for hepatitisIt was found to improve the abnormal serum aminotransferases in HCV patientsConventional liver function tests in comparison to APC were used to investigate the effect of DDB in HCV patientsPatients divided according to Child - Pugh classification UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -