Aim: The research was conducted to study 1188 A\C polymorphism of Interleukin (IL)-12B gene for C/C, A/C and A/A genotypes in families of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected patients in Egypt.
Methods: Three hundreds HCV patients, 860 family members and 100 healthy subjects were studied. All family members were screened for HCV antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
Background And Study Aims: Splenectomy has been associated with high perioperative morbidity and mortality. Partial splenic artery embolisation (PSE) was found to be an effective and safer method but with numerous complications. Local thermal ablative techniques such as microwave ablation (MWA) have been tried and were found to be safe and effective alternatives.
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