Hosny Salama

Comparative Efficacy of Amantadine Hydrochloride versus Amantadine Sulphate in Treating Egyptian Patients with Chronic HCV

Hosny Salama, Abd El Rahman Zekri, Heba Farouk Salem, Dalia Omran & Mohamad Abd El Rahman · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

Background: Pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) alpha in combination with weight-based doses of ribavirin is currently recommended as a standard-of-care treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, the low response rate with interferon as well as the high occurren...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2014/11789

Evaluation of IL-10 and IL-12B Gene Polymorphisms on the Response to the Standard of Care Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients: An Egyptian Cohort Study

Eman Medhat, Hosny Salama, Hanan Fouad, Raghda Marzaban, Naglaa Zayed, Dalia Omran, Zeinab Zakaria, Tamer Elbaz & Ahmed Ramadan · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Background: Interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL–12B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are confirmed to influence the natural history of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and the response to treatment. This work aimed at evaluating the impact of SNPs in IL-10 gene at positions _10...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/11022