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Validation of Hepa-index as a non-invasive biomarkers panel for assessment of hepatic fibrosis in Egyptians with chronic hepatitis C

Mohamed Alboraie, Kerstin Schütte, Marwa Khairy, Marwa Elsharkawy, Noha Asem, Fathy Elghamry, Helmy Shalaby, Gamal Esmat and Peter Malfertheiner
Saudi Medical Journal November 2017, 38 (11) 1137-1142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.11.21220
Mohamed Alboraie
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Kerstin Schütte
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Marwa Khairy
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Marwa Elsharkawy
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Noha Asem
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Fathy Elghamry
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Helmy Shalaby
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Gamal Esmat
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Peter Malfertheiner
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Alboraie, Elghamry, Shalaby), Al-Azhar University, from the Department of Tropical Medicine and Hepatology (Khairy, Esmat), Department of Clinical and Chemical Pathology (Elsharkawy), Department of Public Health and Community Medicine (Asem), Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and from Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (Schütte, Malfertheiner), Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2017, 38 (11) 1137-1142; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.11.21220

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