Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection
Other Title(s)
الأعراض التنفسية و وظائف الرئة في مرضى الالتهاب المزمن (سي)
Joint Authors
Hasan, Majidah Shihatah
Ghanim, Maha Kamil
Source
Issue
Vol. 29, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2005), pp.69-84, 16 p.
Publisher
Assiut University Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2005-09-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
bjective: To determine the prevalence of HCV infection in patients with non Hodgkin's lymphoma in Assiut University Hospital and Cancer Institute of South Egypt.
Patients and Methods: Eighty unselected patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were tested for the presence of Hepatitis C virus antibodies using Elisa immunoabsorbant assay.
Two control groups were utilized for comparison; the first is a cohort ofpatients with non-haematological neoplasms; and the 2nd is a group of healthy blood donors.
Patients with previous history of blood transfusion or liver disease were excluded from the study.
RESULTS: thirty-eight of the 80 B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients (47%) tested positive for Hepatitis C virus antibodies.
About 24 out of 100 (24%>) and 22 out of 80 (27.5%) patients tested positive for Hepatitis C virus antibodies in the first and 2nd control groups.
CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicate a higher prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in Assiut patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than in the control groups.
The prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection in the 2 control groups, in turn, seems to fall within the estimated high prevalence in the general population of our country.
B lymphocytes by a DNA parvovirus was shown to induce polyclonal and, later, monoclonal immunoglobulin production in minks.
On the basis of - these observations, it has been hypothesized that chronic HCV infection, alone or in combination with other factors, may lead to the development of B-cell lymphoma, (Zuckerman etal 1997).
Objective: To determine the prevalence of HCV infection in patients with B-cell non Hodgkin's lymphoma in Assiut University Hospital and Cancer Institute of South Egypt.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ghanim, Maha Kamil& Hasan, Majidah Shihatah. 2005. Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. Assiut Medical Journal،Vol. 29, no. 3, pp.69-84.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ghanim, Maha Kamil& Hasan, Majidah Shihatah. Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. Assiut Medical Journal Vol. 29, no. 3 (Sep. 2005), pp.69-84.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-50782
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ghanim, Maha Kamil& Hasan, Majidah Shihatah. Respiratory symptoms and pulmonary functions in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection. Assiut Medical Journal. 2005. Vol. 29, no. 3, pp.69-84.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-50782
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
IIncludes bibliographical references : p. 82-84
Record ID
BIM-50782