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Vitamin D deficiency: correlation to interleukin-17, interleukin-23 and PIIINP in hepatitis C virus genotype 4.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 Jul 2012
Schaalan Mona F, Mohamed Waleed A, Amin Hesham H
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AIM: To assess vitamin D (Vit D) abnormalities in hepatitis C infected patients and their relationship with interleukin (IL)-17, IL-23 and N-terminal propeptide of type III pro-collagen (PIIINP) as immune response mediators. METHODS: The study was conducted on 50 Egyptian patients (36 male, 14 female) with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, who visited the Hepatology Outpatient Clinic in the Endemic Disease...
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