A study of the circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 as a novel noninvasive biomarker of hepatic injury in genotype-4 chronic hepatitis C: Egyptian patients and their response to direct-acting antiviral agents

Ghada M El Sagheer,1 Asmaa K Ahmad,1 Aliaa S Abd-ElFattah,1 Zienab M Saad,2 Lamia Hamdi3 1Internal Medicine Department, Endocrinology Unit, 2Hepatology Department; 3Clinical Pathology Department, Minia University, El-Minia, Egypt Background: Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 21 was reported to be induced by different injurious agents, including chroni

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Consolidation out of Diversification in Narratology

Although the field of narratology is increasingly diversified with the appearance of various new approaches and new models, it has more elements of consolidation than the picture appears to be.I will discuss three aspects of consolidation: Toasters (1) how postclassical narratologies consolidate classical narrative poetics; (2) how the cognitive ap

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Coronary Heart Disease: Pandemic in a True Sense

Cardiovascular diseases are caused because of abnormalities in the heart and blood vessels.Recent trends reveal that the incidence of coronary heart Bike Parts - Headsets disease (CHD) has gradually decreased in many developed countries, but the situation remains quite challenging in developing nations that account for more than 60% of the global b

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