Mai Mohammed Mukhtar <br/><br/>
Evaluation of the Correlation between Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism and the Response to Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients /  
 تقييم العلاقة بين تعدد اشكال مستقبلات فيتامين د و الاستجابة للعلاج فى مرضى الالتهاب الكبدى الفيروسى سى 
Mai Mohammed Mukhtar ; Supervised Gamal Eldin Esmat , Dina Sabry Abdelfattah , Hany Mofeed Mahmoud Shehab 
 - Cairo :   Mai Mohammed Mukhtar ,   2013 
 - 101 P. : ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine- Department of Tropical Medicine  
<br/><br/> Introduction:  Immune  effects  of  vitamin  D  including  its  cytokine regulating actions are  mediated through the nuclear vitamin D receptor. Genetic polymorphisms affecting the vitamin D receptor FokI gene have been implicated in several immune disorders Aim  of  the  study:  In  this  study  we  assess  the  effect  of  FokI  gene polymorphism and vitamin D levels on response to treatment in chronic hepatitis C genotype 4. Patients and methods: Blood samples of 50 responders and 50 non- responders to pegylated interferon and ribavirin were tested for the FokI gene polymorphism and serum vitamin D levels. 20 healthy controls were also tested for serum vitamin D levels  
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Hepatitis C Polymorphism Vitamin D