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Associations of chemokine system polymorphisms with clinical outcomes and treatment responses of chronic hepatitis C.
Gastroenterology - 1 Feb 2003
Promrat Kittichai, McDermott David H, Gonzalez Carlos M, Kleiner David E, Koziol Deloris E, Lessie Matthew, Merrell Maya, Soza Alejandro, Heller Theo, Ghany Marc, Park Yoon, Alter Harvey J, Hoofnagle Jay H, Murphy Philip M, Liang T Jake
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: CCR5Delta32, a 32-base pair deletion of the CC chemokine receptor (CCR) 5 gene, is associated with slowed human immunodeficiency virus disease progression in heterozygotes and protection against infection in homozygotes. A recent study found a higher than expected frequency of...
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