TY - BOOK AU - Shaimaa Ahmed Fathy AU - Adel Mohamed Abdelrahman , AU - Ahmed Abdelmoatee Elnaggar , AU - Mervat Mohamed Elansary , TI - Correlation between lipid profile and rapid virological response to treatment of Hepatitis C Virus GenotypeIV with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Shaimaa Ahmed Fathy , KW - Cholestrol KW - HCV KW - LDL N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Internal Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - Egypt has the highest prevalence of HCV worldwide 13.8 % . The classic effective treatment is Interferon alpha (IFN-Ü) in combination with ribavirin . As these therapies have side effects and high costs , it is important to identify patients having the best chance to respond before initiation of therapy . The monitoring of rapid virological response (RVR) is therefore an important tool for quick identifying non - responders , permitting therapy discontinuation and avoiding adverse effects and costs UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -