Open AccessFibrosis in Chronic Hepatitis C: Correlation between Immunohistochemically-Assessed Virus Load with Steatosis and Cellular Iron Content
Author(s) -
Maha Akl,
Ali El Hindawi,
Maha Mosaad,
Ahmed Montasser,
Ahmed El Ray,
Heba Khalil,
Amgad Anas,
Raffat Atta,
Valérie Paradis,
Ahmed Abdel Hadi,
Olfat Hammam
Publication year - 2016
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.2016.122
Subject(s) - medicine , steatosis , fibrosis , cirrhosis , sirius red , inflammation , immunohistochemistry , viral load , pathology , gastroenterology , hepatitis c , hepatitis c virus , immunology , virus
We aimed study impact of hepatocytic viral load, steatosis, and iron load on fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C and role of VEGF and VEGFR overexpression in cirrhotic cases in evolving HCC.