Hepatitis C virus-associated thrombocytopenia is not related to serum thrombopoietin levels | Zendy

MadihaM El-Attar | Zendy; OlaA Afifi | Zendy; EmanM. Sewify | Zendy; AmalO Taie | Zendy; AhmadK Mostafa | Zendy

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Hepatitis C virus-associated thrombocytopenia is not related to serum thrombopoietin levels

Author(s) -

MadihaM El-Attar,

OlaA Afifi,

EmanM. Sewify,

AmalO Taie,

AhmadK Mostafa

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

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.

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