Materials and Methods. We studied 70 patients with end-stage renal disease and chronic
viral hepatitis and compared them to a control group of 45 patients without hepatitis. Results …

Thrombocytopenia is a common complication of chronic liver diseases, but its pathogenesis
is not clear. Although generally attributed to hypersplenism, other factors should also be …

Aims To investigate the relation of leukopenia and thrombocytopenia in hemodialysis (HD)
patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Materials and methods The study included 86 …

Aim: Liver cirrhosis isa process characterized by fibrosis and normal liver structure is
replaced with diffuse nodular structure. Different laboratory values are used for diagnosis …

Background/Aims: We investigated whether chronic hepatitis C infection is associated with
thrombocytopenia. Methods/Results: Thrombocytopenia (< 15× 104 platelets/μl) was …

We retrospectively studied 89 patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection,
including 50 chronic hepatitis (CH) cases, 18 liver cirrhosis (LC) cases, and 21 LC with …

Background: Platelets play central role in normal hemostsis. Thrombocytopenia is a
common problem in cirrhosis of liver. This study was designed to correlate …

The pathogenesis of thrombocytopenia in chronic hepatitis is not well known. This study
evaluated the relationship between liver injury, serum thrombopoietin, splenomegaly and …

Abstract Background & Aims: Thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic hepatitis C may be
the result of several factors: bone marrow inhibition, the decrease of liver thrombopoietin …

Background There are many potential causes of thrombocytopenia in patients with chronic
hepatitis C (CHC). Aims We sought to determine the association between thrombopoietin …