Serum Vitamin D Levels in Treatment-naïve Chronic Hepatitis B Patients.
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| Abstract | :  According to the demographic health survey conducted in 2015, Egypt had 10% documented prevalence of anti-HBc positive patients aged 1-59 and 1% viremic patients amongst the population in the same age group, with a domination of genotype D. Several studies claimed the possible role of vitamin D deficiency in hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication and disease progression. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2017 | 
| Journal | :  Journal of translational internal medicine | 
| Volume | :  5 | 
| Issue | :  4 | 
| Number of Pages | :  230-234 | 
| ISSN Number | :  2450-131X | 
| DOI | :  10.1515/jtim-2017-0038 | 
| Short Title | :  J Transl Int Med | 
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