Serum hyaluronic acid as a noninvasive marker of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis c patients

Serum hyaluronic acid as a noninvasive marker of hepatic fibrosis in chronic hepatitis c patients

Background Patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are often asymptomatic with few clinical signs of liver disease. Recognition of the presence of fibrosis or cirrhosis is difficult without liver biopsy, but with the availability of effective treatments, such as interferon, and the p...

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Main Authors: Soheir M Abd-Elghany, Eman E Ahmed Ibrahem, Samy Z El-Sayed, Sara Mohammed, Amal A Morsy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Al-Azhar Assiut Medical Journal
Subjects:
hepatic fibrosis
hyaluronic acid
liver biopsy
Online Access:http://www.azmj.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1687-1693;year=2016;volume=14;issue=2;spage=67;epage=75;aulast=Abd-Elghany

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