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Cytokines as predictors for sustained response and as markers for immunomodulation in patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 May 2001
Neuman M G, Benhamou J P, Malkiewicz I M, Akremi R, Shear N H, Asselah T, Ibrahim A, Boyer N, Martinot-Peignoux M, Jacobson-Brown P, Katz G G, Le Breton V, Le Guludec G, Suneja A, Marcellin P
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OBJECTIVES: (i) To characterize serum cytokine levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), interleukin 6 (IL 6), IL 8 and IL 12 in non-cirrhotic patients with chronic hepatitis C, (ii) to correlate the levels of these cytokines with the degree of the disease at the basal level, (iii) to co...
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