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Expression of interferon receptor genes in the liver as a predictor of interferon response in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Aug 1999
Morita K, Tanaka K, Saito S, Kitamura T, Kiba T, Fujii T, Numata K, Sekihara H
Abstract excerpt
Interferon (IFN) receptor mRNA expression patterns in the liver have been shown to correlate with the effectiveness of IFN therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, it is not clear to what extent this factor contributes to the short (primary)- and long (sustained)-term results of IFN treatment with respect to biochemical and virological remission. Eighty-two patients who subsequently...
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