Circulating and hepatic Fas expression in HCV-induced chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Published in Medscape J Med on June 03, 2008

Authors

Azza E I El Bassiouny1, Nora E I El-Bassiouni, Mona M F Nosseir, Mona M K Zoheiry, Eman G El-Ahwany, Faten Salah, Zeinab S O Omran, Raafat A Ibrahim

Author Affiliations

1: Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, Egypt. azzaelbassiouny@yahoo.com

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