Serum Mannan-Binding lectin in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C: Its relation to disease progression and response to treatment

Hepatitis Monthly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-264

  Esmat, Serag ^a   Omran, Dalia ^a   Sleem, Gihan A ^a   Rashed, Laila ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Hepatitis C; Interferon; Mannan

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; MANNAN BINDING LECTIN; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EGYPT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84861155180     PISSN: 1735143X     EISSN: 17353408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.704     Document Type: Article

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