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  1. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) may induce extrahepatic manifestations as acute or chronic renal dysfunction. The aim was to evaluate the diagnostic role of some biomarkers as cystatin C, cryoglobulins, rheumatoid fac...

    Authors: Nagwa Mohamed Assem, Amany Ibrahim Mohammed, Hamed Mohamed Abdel Barry, Ibrahim El Tantawy El Sayed and Ibrahim Elmadbouh
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:67
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  3. Liver is a complex, highly vascular organ, where anatomical variations are the norm. This study aimed to analyze all the three hepatic vascular anatomical variations in a single study which would help us under...

    Authors: Panneerselvam Rajapriyan, Souradeep Dutta, Krishnan Nagarajan, Krishnaraj Ariharan and Vishnu Prasad Nelamangala Ramakrishnaiah
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:65
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  4. Wilson disease (WD) is an inherited disorder of copper metabolism commonly involving the liver, cornea, and brain. Its incidence is increasing day by day worldwide. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment are the...

    Authors: Salahuddin Mahmud, Jahida Gulshan, Madhabi Baidya, Rafia Rashid, Farhana Tasneem, Ahmed Rashidul Hasan, Tanzila Farhana and Syed Shafi Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:64
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  5. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most prevalent chronic liver diseases. It is shown that moderate to high physical activities can play a crucial role in improving this disease.

    Authors: Zahra Koohestani Sini, Mohammad Esmaeil Afzalpour, Mohsen Mohammadnia Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali Sardar, Homa Khaleghzadeh, Sattar Gorgani-Firuzjaee, Martin Hofmeister, Esedullah Akaras and Amin Azimkhani
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:63
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  6. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a main manifestation of acute decompensation in liver cirrhosis. Recently, systemic inflammation was proposed as a key mechanism in the development of acute kidney injury (AKI) i...

    Authors: Hossam Shahbah, Osman Mohamed Osman, Sadek Mostafa, Abdelgawad Saied Mohamed, Ahmed Alashkar, Mohamed Saad-Eldeen Radwan, Mohammed Salah Hussein, Alshimaa Alaboudy, Ahmed Eliwa, Ashraf Elbahrawy and Hafez Abdelhafeez
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:62
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  7. The first direct-acting antiviral (DAA) medications were approved for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2011. Later, the appearance of novel DAAs had revolutionized the landscape of HCV treat...

    Authors: Mohamed Elbadry, Abdelmajeed M. Moussa, Mohamed Eltabbakh, Amira Al Balakosy, Mohammad Abdalgaber, Nermeen Abdeen, Reem Y. El Sheemy, Shimaa Afify and Mohamed El-Kassas
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:61
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  8. Iron deficiency anemia is common among patients with chronic liver disease. Reticulocyte hemoglobin is a marker for iron availability in the bone marrow that is not affected by inflammation.

    Authors: Mariam Saad Nassim, Mona S. El Raziky, Kareem Baiomy and Mai Abd El Salam
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:60
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  9. Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been shown to play an important role in inflammatory and thrombotic processes. Investigating the presence of NETs in liver cirrhosis to detect any contribution to occ...

    Authors: Enaam Ali ElSayed Al Mowafy and Salma AbdelGhany Shawkat
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:59
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  10. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the main cancers in the world with a high mortality rate. The molecular mechanisms of HCC are poorly understood. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have a role in HCC patho...

    Authors: Ahmed Ramadan, Ashraf Omar Abdelaziz, Dina Sabry, Shaimaa Abd El tawab Fathi, Mohamed Mahmoud Nabeel, Hend Ibrahim Shousha, Tamer Mahmoud Elbaz, Rania mohamed Lithy and Hoda Ramadan Ryed
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:58
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  11. Non-pharmacological exposure or pharmacological drug-induced hepatic injury is the most common cause of hepatotoxicity. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of Moringa oleifera leaf extract against bis...

    Authors: Yasmin A. Abd-Elnaby, Ibrahim E. ElSayed, Mabrouk A. AbdEldaim, Eman A. Badr, Mona M. Abdelhafez and Ibrahim Elmadbouh
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:57
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  12. Genetic variants of Patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing protein 3 (PNPLA3) and transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 (TM6SF2) genes have been reported with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (...

    Authors: Samar Samir Youssef, Eman Abd El Razek Abbas, Asmaa M. Elfiky, Sameh Seif, Mohamed Mahmoud Nabeel, Hend Ibrahim Shousha and Ashraf Omar Abdelaziz
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:56
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  13. Telmisartan is a non-peptide angiotensin II receptor antagonist which acts by ACE/AngII/AT1 axis blockade (ARB). In the last years increasing evidence of its metabolic benefits pointed out this drug as the mos...

    Authors: Luciana Mendes Araújo Borém, Daniela Fernanda Freitas, Amanda Souto Machado, Alanna Fernandes Paraíso, Bruna Viana Caldas, João Felício Rodrigues Neto, Juliana Pinto Lima, André Luiz Sena Guimarães, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula and Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:55
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  14. Recent studies suggested association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and cardiovascular disorders, including carotid atherosclerosis with evidence of an effect of HCV clearance on carotid atheroscler...

    Authors: Marwa Ahmed Mohamed, Essam M. Bayoumy, Mostafa Mohamed Swailam and Ahmed Samir Allam
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:54
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  15. Despite the effectiveness of new therapies and awareness campaigns, the number of seropositive patients is increasing every year. Recently, other causes of death, not directly related to HIV, have emerged, suc...

    Authors: Francesco Cammarata, Laura Benuzzi, Michele Crespi, Albert Troci, Luca Pennacchi, Monica Schiavini and Diego Foschi
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:53
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  16. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the global epidemic of this century, affecting almost 100 million people, and it is now the leading cause of liver-related mortality and liver transplantation. Interferon (...

    Authors: Resha Dermawansyah Rusman, Nu’man AS Daud, Muhammad Luthfi Parewangi, Syakib Bakri, Andi Makbul Aman, Haerani Rasyid, Arifin Seweng and Akiko Syawalidhany Tahir
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:52
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  17. Infection with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can progress to the multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). Patients with liver cirrhosis are at increased risk of complications.

    Authors: Tawhida Yassin Abdel-Ghaffar, Haidy Mohammed Zakaria, Eman Mohamed Elsayed, Sondos Magdy, Suzan El Naghi, Suhaib Alsayed Mohammed Naeem, Mahmoud Yosry Hasan and Rabab Qasim khallaf
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:51
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  18. Outcome of HCV treatment with direct antiviral agents in malignant patients is questionable. The aim is to assess the safety and efficacy of DAAs in treatment of chronic HCV patients who received chemotherapy ...

    Authors: Mira Atef, Rasha Eletreby, Mohamed Abdallah, Rasha Salama, Wafaa Elakel, Mohamed Hassany, Wael Abdel-Razek, Yehia El Shazly, Wahid Doss and Gamal Esmat
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:50
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  19. Hepatitis C virus is a viral infection associated with autoimmune disorders. This virus has hepatic and extrahepatic manifestations. One of the extrahepatic manifestations associated with the hepatitis C virus...

    Authors: Suraiya Hirani, Amynah Charania, Sandhiya Salim and Sanam Faheem
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:49
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  20. Liver resection and local ablation are the two primary curative treatments for early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Microwave ablation (MWA) shows promising performance in terms of early tumor response,...

    Authors: Ayman M. A. Osman, Ashraf Omar Abdelaziz, Mahmoud Deweir, Ayman Salah, Shady Tarek Elghazaly Harb, Mohamed Mahmoud Nabeel, Ahmed Hosni Abdelmaksoud, Hend Ibrahim Shousha, Tamer Mahmoud Elbaz and Mohamed B. Hashem
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:48
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  21. The SAF score (steatosis, activity, and fibrosis) has been developed for the assessment of the histological severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). The aim...

    Authors: Ahmed El Ray, Valerie Paradis, Ahmed Montasser, Maged Elghannam, Mohamed Shemis, Iris Nessim, Hoda Abu-Taleb, Tarik Asselah, Ashiq Mohamed, Nicolas Poté, Maha Akl and Patrick Marcellin
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:47
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  22. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major worldwide healthcare problem with subsequent serious complications including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Hence, taking cognizance of HBV impact is...

    Authors: Eman Raslan, Mohamed AbdAllah and Saeed Soliman
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:46
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  23. Liver cirrhosis is the last phase of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. During the compensated phase, portal pressure is still below the point where varices start to form. On the contrary, decompensated indi...

    Authors: Abdelfattah Hanno, Ali M. EL-Kady, Essam Bedewy, Reham A. Abo Elwafa and Mohammed S. Ahmed
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:45
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  24. Acetaminophen overdose is the leading cause of acute liver injury (ALI) and acute liver failure (ALF) in the developed world. We aimed at studying the therapeutic potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell...

    Authors: Hanaa Ahmed El-Araby, Gihan Ahmed Sobhy, Suhaib Alsayed Mohammed Naeem, Aly Fahmy Mohamed Alsayed, Haidy Mohammed Zakaria and Mohammed Ahmed Khedr
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:44
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  25. Coronavirus causes an outbreak of viral pneumonia that spread throughout the world. Liver injury is becoming more widely recognized as a component of the clinical picture of COVID-19 infection. Hepatitis with ...

    Authors: Maged T. Elghannam, Moataz H. Hassanien, Yosry A. Ameen, Gamal M. ELattar, Ahmed A. ELRay, Emad A. Turky and Mohammed D. ELTalkawy
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:43
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  26. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) represents the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the fourth in Egypt. Persistent inflammation and specific somatic mutations in driving genes play a major role in the develo...

    Authors: Marwa A. Abdel-Wahed, Eman Mohamed Abdel Rahman Amer, Ramy Mohamed Mahmoud, Iman Fawzy Montasser, Yassmin M. Massoud, Perihan Hamdy and Safeya Hamdy Zakaria Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:42
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  27. Wilson’s disease (WD) is a rare genetic disorder of copper metabolism that results in dysfunction of copper excretion into bile leading to its accumulation in the liver, brain, cornea, and kidney. Only a few e...

    Authors: Hani Sayed Aboalam, Marwa Khalaf Hassan, Nada El-domiaty, Nagat Faisal Ibrahim, Anwar M. Ali, Wesam Hassan, Esam Ghanem Abu El Wafa, Ashraf Elsaghier, Helal F. Hetta, Mohamed Elbadry and Mohamed El-Kassas
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:41
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  30. Regional adiposity has a significant impact on the formation of adverse metabolic and cardiovascular risk profiles. While much of the attention was directed to the importance of intra-abdominal adipose tissue,...

    Authors: Hany Samir Rasmy, Ahmed Shaaban Hamed, Salah El Demerdash, Hanan Hafez Zeidan and Sameh Attia Amin
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:38
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  31. Without firm diagnostic criteria, the exact prevalence of cirrhotic cardiomyopathy still remains unknown. Its estimation is rather a difficult task as the disease is generally latent and shows itself only when...

    Authors: Hatem H. Al Atroush, Khaled H. Mohammed, Fatma M. Nasr, Mohammed I. Al Desouky and Mohammed A. Rabie
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:37
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  32. Out of the 185 million people infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) worldwide according to the World Health Organization (WHO), Egypt had the highest prevalence of HCV reaching 13% of its population with an es...

    Authors: Howayda Abd Elhameed Elshinnawy, Iman Ibrahim Sarhan, Ossama Ashraf Ahmed, Meryhan Osama Mohamed and Cherry Reda Kamel
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:36
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  33. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its subtype non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are increasing worldwide. NASH is characterized by active liver inflammation with severe consequences including pr...

    Authors: Ayman Mohamed Shamseya, Mohamed Tamer Afify, Hussam Ahmed Shawki Fayad and Mohamed Mahmoud Elshafey
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:35
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  34. Portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG) and gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) are two different pathologies that cause bleeding in cirrhotic patients. These two pathologies are still difficult to be disting...

    Authors: Randa Salah Eldin Abdelmoneim, Amr Aly Abdelmoety, Nahed Baddour, Perihan Salem and Marwa Metawea
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:34
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  35. Elderly people are a vulnerable group of patients subjected to multiple health problems. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in older adults is a frequent cause of hospital admissions. The presence of multi...

    Authors: Maha Hossam, Soheir Abdel-Fattah, Shaimaa Elkholy, Yomna Khaled and Abeer Awad
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:33
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  36. Infection with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a worldwide health problem. HCV infection is linked to a variety of metabolic abnormalities as it interferes with lipid metabolism, causing steatosis and a wide ra...

    Authors: Ahmed Samir Allam, Mohamed Lotfy Abd Elmeged, Sameh Mohamed Ghaly, Osama Ashraf Ahmed, Gina Gamal Naguib and Ahmed Samir Abohalima
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:32
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  37. Declining eosinophil count has recently been associated with sepsis. Thus, absolute eosinophil count (AEC) can be used as a marker of the severity of sepsis, which helps in the early identification of high-ris...

    Authors: K. V. Anoop, Krishnadas Devadas and Jijo Varghese
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:31
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  39. A choledochal cyst is a relatively rare congenital anomaly of the biliary tree requiring surgery as the definitive treatment. Amongst the five Todani variants, type I poses a diagnostic and treatment challenge...

    Authors: Deo Justine Hando, Daniel William Kitua, Mbelwa Dennis Bitesigilwe, JohnofGod Leonce Mutajwaha, Mogolodi Gabolwelwe, Hassan Mwinchande Chande, Ally Hamisi Mwanga, Zaitun Mohammed Bokhary and Petronilla Joseph Ngiloi
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:29
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  40. Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare vascular disease of the liver, characterised by occlusion of the venous outflow tract. Cancer, pyogenic liver infection, and prothrombotic haematological conditions are the...

    Authors: Alexandre Pérez-González, Ana Argibay, Rut Lorenzo-Castro, Ignacio Martín-Granizo and Alberto Rivera-Gallego
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:28
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  41. Portal hypertension (PH) is a common consequence in hepatitis C virus cirrhotic patients. With interferon alpha-based therapy, SVR was linked to improved PH and fibrosis regression. SVR to oral antiviral regim...

    Authors: Heba Ahmed Faheem, Nannes Adel Abdulmeged, Hany Aly Hussein, Ahmed Abdelaziz Elmoursi, Heba T-allah Mohammed Yousry Elnaggar and Ramy Samir Ghait
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:27
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  42. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a metabolic disorder characterised by enhanced hepatic fat deposition and inflammation. Efforts to manage NAFLD are limited by the poorly characterised pathological...

    Authors: Manal Sabry Mohamed, Sameh Ghaly, Karim Hamed Azmy and Ghada Abdelrahman Mohamed
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:26
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  43. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant cause of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma worldwide. Liver disease is not the only problem caused by chronic HCV infection; many extrahepatic ...

    Authors: Mohamed El-Kassas, Runia El-Folly, Maram Aboromia, Heba Aly, Mohamed Bahgat and Mostafa Hamed
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:25
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  44. The aim of this prospective study is to compare the sensitivity and specificity of the liver shear wave elastography to the golden standard liver biopsy in staging liver fibrosis.

    Authors: A. R. Zayadeen, S. Hijazeen, M. Smadi, L. Fayyad, M. Halasa, S. AlQusous, O. AlRabadi, R. Hijazeen, Y. Ajlouni, K. Tulenko and P. Malik
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:24
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  45. Hepatorenal syndrome is still a diagnosis of exclusion despite new classification.

    Authors: Mona Abd El-Rahman Abu El-Makarem, Yehia Zakaryia Mahmoud, Mahmoud Mohammed Moussa, Shereen Mohammed Mohammed El-Saghir and Hesham Kamal Habeeb Keryakos
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:23
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  46. Although Ramadan fasting has a beneficial effect on health, the role of Ramadan fasting on patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), as quantified by the controlled attenuation parameter (CAP), ...

    Authors: Ahmed Ibrahim Gad, Hesham Atia Abdel-Ghani and Amir Abd-elhameed Ahmed Barakat
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:22
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  47. Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) is a distinct syndrome associated with high short-term mortality. Early identification of patients at high risk is essential to determine emergency for transplantation and...

    Authors: Talaat Zakareya, Mohamed Akl, Shereen Shibl, Mohamed El-Mazaly and Wael Abdel-Razek
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:21
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  48. Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) represent a special challenge in pediatric practice. Despite the unquestionable clinical significance of newborn screening, it just offers a snapshot of an extremely minor su...

    Authors: Shimaa Abdelsattar, Manar Obada, Mahmoud A. El-Hawy, Sameh A. Abd El Naby, Osama K. Zaki and Hala Elsaid
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:20
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  49. Early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is crucial for improving the survival rate for patients. Talin-1 is first identified as a cytoskeleton protein that is required for cell adhesion and motility ...

    Authors: El Said H. Ibrahim, Hend Naguib, Doaa M. Emara, Eman T. El Sayed and Marwa M. R. Tawfik
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:19
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  50. Cirrhosis is the final result of most types of liver disease. Zinc, magnesium, and vitamin D have a significantly vital role in the immunologic and physiologic mechanisms in the body. The current study aimed t...

    Authors: Seyed Mohsen Dehghani, Anis Amirhakimi, Parisa Baligh and Hazhir Javaherizadeh
    Citation: Egyptian Liver Journal 2022 12:18
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