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AUTOANTIBODIES AND THEIR RELATION TO Liver DISEASESOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
This study included 5 groups of patients as well as a group of healthy subjects as controls. The first group included 40 patients with HCV (25 males and 15 females), with mean age 46.20 years.The second group included 20 patients with HBV (14 males and 16 females), with mean age 39.75 years. The third group included 20 patients with HCG (18 males and 2 females), with mean age 51.35 years.The forth group included 10 patients with AIH (6 males and 4 females), with mean age 24.20 years. And The fifth group included 10 patients with bilharsiasis (8 males and 2 females), with mean age 39.70 years. The control group included 20 healthy age- and sex-matched individuals (15 males and 5 females), with mean age 31.70 years.
Full history was taken from all patients and controls concerning age, sex, occupation, Jaundice, bilharziasis, smoking, alcohol intake, and rheumatological manifestations. All patients were subjected to>
1- Thorough clinical examination with special emphasis to extrahepatic manifestations of chronic HCV infection (eg. arthritis, skin lesions, vasculitis).