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World J Hepatol. Aug 27, 2012; 4(8): 242-247
Published online Aug 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i8.242
Published online Aug 27, 2012. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v4.i8.242
Relationship between vitamin D and IL-23, IL-17 and macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 as markers of fibrosis in hepatitis C virus Egyptians
Noha M El Husseiny, Hala M Fahmy, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11111, Egypt
Waleed A Mohamed, Department of Chemistry, Cairo University, Cairo 12534, Egypt
Hisham H Amin, Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine AL Azhar University, Cairo 15533, Egypt
Author contributions: El Husseiny NM did the statistics and wrote the manuscript; Mohamed WA put the idea of the research, collected the data and did the laboratory work; Fahmy HM participated in the idea of the research and participated in writing the manuscript; Amin HH participated in the laboratory work and data collection.
Correspondence to: Noha M El Husseiny, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11111, Egypt. dr_noha2002@yahoo.com
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Received: January 1, 2012
Revised: August 6, 2012
Accepted: August 23, 2012
Published online: August 27, 2012
Revised: August 6, 2012
Accepted: August 23, 2012
Published online: August 27, 2012
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