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High prevalence of HCV (GT4)-related TSH abnormality among 13402 Egyptian patients treated with direct acting antiviral therapy.
Hepatology international - 1 Mar 2018
Eletreby Rasha, Said Mohamed, Abdellatif Zeinab, Saad Yasmin, ElSerafy Magdy, Dabes Hosam, ElSaeed Kadry, El-Shazly Yehia, Doss Wahid
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: HCV is associated with several extra hepatic diseases including thyroid dysfunction. This study aims at evaluating prevalence of thyroid dysfunction and its possible predictors in a large cohort of HCV GT4-infected patients, and the role of thyroid dysfunction as a predictor of response in the setting of direct acting antivirals (DAAs). METHODS: Patients registered on the web-based registry system to...
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