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Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) known to be associated with wide variety of liver pathology. It is less studied in India as compared to western region. Methods: Suspected patients sera screened for HCV by ELISA and confirmed with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) along with routine investigations and liver profile. All HCVpositive patients were undergone liver biopsy. Results: All 24 HCV ELISA reactive and two ELISA indeterminate sera are confirmed by RT- PCR. The liver biopsy of these patients showed normal picture (19.2%), Acute hepatitis (11.5%), Chronic hepatitis (23.7%), Cirrhosis (34.72%), Hepato-cellular carcinoma (HCC) (15.38%). ALT levels were not significant. Conclusion: All the suspected HCVcases need to be confirmed for HCVby RT-PCR.
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Jeune thoracic dystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive chondrodysplasia, first described by Jeune et al in 1955. Early death is usually the consequence of asphyxia with or without pneumonia. Here is reported a newborn with Jeune thoracic dystrophy and a right-sided diaphragmatic hernia.