Interleukin -6 and C- reactive protein profiles in Hepatitis C virus patients
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https://doi.org/10.32947/ajps.v12i2.257Keywords:
Hepatitis C virus (HCV), Interleukin (IL)-6, C- reactive protein (CRP).Abstract
Forty four anti-HCV positive and twenty anti-HCV negative individuals were included in this study for the assessment of interleukin (IL)-6 concentrations
and the frequency of C-reactive protein (CRP). Data obtained were statistically analyzed for the significance of differences and correlation between parameters
studied.The results showed that CRP frequency was equal in anti-HCV positive and negative individuals, whereas IL-6 found to be elevated in 50% of anti-HCV
positive patients. HCV infection found to be positively associated in most cases with increased levels of IL-6.
The results suggested that il-6 and CRP levels varied during the course of HCV infection and do not reflect the extent of liver inflammation in HCV patients.
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2012-12-01
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Abbas al-Tamimi, A. A. (2012). Interleukin -6 and C- reactive protein profiles in Hepatitis C virus patients. Al Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 12(2), 115–122. https://doi.org/10.32947/ajps.v12i2.257
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