Biochemical Studies On Liver Fibrosis Associated With Viral Hepatitis

Chronic liver diseases often begin with the anatomic clinical state of chronic hepatitis and can evolve to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Chronic hepatitis attributable to hepatitis virus C ”HCV” is the entity that most frequently evolves tHCV infection is a major public health problem all over the world with a global prevalence of 3% (170 million of infected), with 3-4 million people being newly infected each year (WHO, 2000). Egypt has the highest prevalence of adult HCV infection in the In the majority of patients, chronic HCV infection is a silent disease until significant hepatic fibrosis. Chronic hepatitis C infection results in damage to hepatocytes and may eventually lead to liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and / or hepatocellular carcinomOne of the most important actions to prevent the un-controlled