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Study of the significance of percentage of peripheral CD4+ & CD8+ T cells and the hepatitis C virus genotypes in Egyptian patients with chronic hepatitis C.
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association - 1 Jan 1998
Madwar M, Talkhan H, el-Salam A, Gabal H A, Zikery A, Gharieb H
Abstract excerpt
Sequence comparison between isolates of hepatitis C virus (HCV) indicated that HCV can be classified into a series of distinct genotypes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and clinical significance of HCV genotypes, to evaluate clinical relevance of percentage of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in blood, and to find out predictors of response to interferon (IFN) therapy in Egyptian chronic hepatitis C...
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