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Relationship between the effect of interferon therapy and the change of hepatitis C virus non-structural 5B gene.
Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology - 1 Apr 1999
Horiike N, Michitaka K, Masumoto T, Okura I, Akbar S M, Onji M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-RNA titre has been regarded as a factor affecting the response to interferon (IFN) therapy of patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). The focus of our study is the investigation of the nucleotide sequence of HCV-RNA NS5B, which may code RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and NS5A in the sera of 33 patients with CHC prior to IFN therapy. METHODS: Hepatitis C virus genotype and...
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