Open AccessHepatitis C virus-associated thrombocytopenia is not related to serum thrombopoietin levels
Author(s) -
Ola Afifi,
Eman M. Sewify,
Madiha M El-Attar,
Amal O Taie,
Ahmad K Mostafa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/1319-3767.32181
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombopoietin , immune thrombocytopenia , virology , immunology , hepatitis virus , hepatitis c virus , platelet , gastroenterology , virus , haematopoiesis , genetics , stem cell , biology
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is one of the most important health problems in Egypt. Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in subjects with chronic hepatitis. The precise etiology of this thrombocytopenia is still obscure. There is increasing interest in the potential role of thrombopoietin (TPO) as a cause of this thrombocytopenia. The aim of this work was to determine serum TPO levels in HCV-positive patients and to test the assumption that HCV-associated thrombocytopenia could be due to low TPO levels.