Correlations of folic acid, vitamin B12, homocysteine, and thrombopoietin to platelet count in HCV infection

• Egile Nagusiak: Somayh S. Eissa (Egilea), Olfat M. Hendy (Egilea), Fatma Younis (Egilea), Aziza K. Omar Samy (Egilea), Ayat R. Abdallah (Egilea), Laila A. Ahmed (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: SpringerOpen, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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IntroductionThe platelet count is known to decrease in proportion to the advancement of the stage of liver disease in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) viral infection. The platelet count is currently used as an index for fibrosis staging. The pathophysiology of thrombocytopenia (TCP) in patients with hepat...