1074 INFLUENCE OF NICOTINE ABUSE ON FIBROSIS PROGRESSION IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) INFECTION

1072 LOWER CUT-OFF LIMIT FOR ALANINE TRANSAMINASE IS NOT EFFECTIVE IN EXCLUDING SIGNIFICANT HISTOLOGICAL DISEASE IN CHRONIC HEPATITIS C (HCV) F.M. Sanai, A.A. Abdo, C.S. Dale, A.S. Helmy, K.I. Bzeizi, K. Katada, H. Al-Ashgar, H. Al-Husseini, M. Al-Quaiz, A. Hashim, H. AlMana, M.H. Rajab, P.J. Marotta. Riyadh Military Hospital, Liver Disease Research Center, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; London Health Sciences Center, London, ON, Canada; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi German Hospital, Jeddah, Epidemiology, College of Medicine, AlFaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia E-mail: faisalsanai@hotmail.com