Publications by authors named "Amal Refaat Mansour"

Many cases have been reported about the role of chronic hepatitis C and interferon therapy in the development and recurrence of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), but to our knowledge there is no previous report about the association between acute hepatitis C and any microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) including TTP. We report a case of acute hepatitis C that presented with MAHA resembling TTP, which resolved with spontaneous clearance of viral infection.

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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) contributes to 14.8% of all cancer mortality in Egypt, which has a high prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV). We have previously shown alterations in the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) receptor signalling pathway during experimental hepatocarcinogenesis.

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