Abstract:Background: Hepatitis C virus is a hepatotropic and lymphotropic virus that has been associated with various diseases and syndromes. Autoimmune hepatitis is a chronic disease of unknown etiology, marked by the continuous inflammation of hepatocytes and necrosis and has a tendency to advance to cirrhosis. Objective: A comparative study between cases of chronic HCV infection and AIH cases regarding different parameters including their genetic association with HLA class II alleles: DRB1*01* -DRB1*15* Methodology:… Show more
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