Circulating IL17a and IFN-Gamma Serum Levels in Cirrhotic Hepatitis C Virus Infected Patients with Autoimmune Thyroiditis
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1 Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt 2 Department of Tropical medicine and gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt 3 Medical Research center, Assiut University, Egypt 4 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt 5 Department of Internal medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Egypt
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