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Interplay between vitamin d status and antiviral therapy Among chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients
Joint Authors
Abd al-Halim, Mustafa Hamid
Zaki, Dua Zakariyya
Mutawai, Ibrahim Abd al-Ghani
Muhammad, Nisrin A.
Najib, Adli Nabih
Source
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Issue
Vol. 45, Issue 1 (30 Apr. 2015), pp.17-22, 6 p.
Publisher
The Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Publication Date
2015-04-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Vitamin D has been shown to play an important immunomodulatory role; deficiency of vitamin D has been recently associated to the lack of response to antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis C patients.
This study evaluated the interrelationship between serum level of vitamin D and early response to antiviral therapy in Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection.
A total of 45 patients with chronic HCV infection who received antiviral treatment (Pegylated interferon and Ribavirin), their vitamin D serum level was assessed once at the start of treatment and 12 weeks later, when the EVR was determine by Quantitative HCV-RNA by PCR.
The results showed that vitamin D status has no correlation with viral load and hepatitis activity by biopsy and without significant association between vitamin D deficiency and the antiviral therapy response.
However, there was significance improvement in level of vitamin D after 12 weeks of receiving the antiviral therapy of HCV.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd al-Halim, Mustafa Hamid& Zaki, Dua Zakariyya& Mutawai, Ibrahim Abd al-Ghani& Muhammad, Nisrin A.& Najib, Adli Nabih. 2015. Interplay between vitamin d status and antiviral therapy Among chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology،Vol. 45, no. 1, pp.17-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-563311
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd al-Halim, Mustafa Hamid…[et al.]. Interplay between vitamin d status and antiviral therapy Among chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology Vol. 45, no. 1 (Apr. 2015), pp.17-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-563311
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd al-Halim, Mustafa Hamid& Zaki, Dua Zakariyya& Mutawai, Ibrahim Abd al-Ghani& Muhammad, Nisrin A.& Najib, Adli Nabih. Interplay between vitamin d status and antiviral therapy Among chronic hepatitis C Egyptian patients. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 2015. Vol. 45, no. 1, pp.17-22.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-563311
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 21-22
Record ID
BIM-563311