Significance of Serum Cytokeratin-18 in Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis C Infected Egyptian Patients | Zendy

Wafaa M. El-Zefzafy | Zendy; Hanan M. El-Tokhy | Zendy; Nagwa Mohamed | Zendy; Zakia Abu-Zahab | Zendy

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Significance of Serum Cytokeratin-18 in Prediction of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis C Infected Egyptian Patients

Author(s) -

Wafaa M. El-Zefzafy,

Hanan M. El-Tokhy,

Nagwa Mohamed,

Zakia Abu-Zahab

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2015.021

Subject(s) - medicine , hepatocellular carcinoma , cytokeratin , chronic hepatitis , clinical significance , gastroenterology , carcinoma , hepatitis , pathology , virology , immunohistochemistry , virus

Hepatitis C virus is one of the most common etiologic agents of chronic liver diseases, including liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma in which there is continuous inflammation and regeneration of hepatocytes. Cytokeratin-18 (CK18) has been suggested to play an important role in tumorigenesis of epithelial cancers.

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