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[Mutation analysis of ISDR and V3 domains of hepatitis C virus NS5A region before interferon therapy with or without ribavirin].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Nov 2004
Veillon P, Payan C, Gaudy C, Goudeau A, Lunel F
Abstract excerpt
AIM OF THE STUDY: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural NS5A protein has been controversially implicated in the resistance of HCV to interferon therapy in clinical studies. In Japan, mutations in the interferon sensitivity-determining region (ISDR) in the NS5A gene were associated with response to interferon therapy in patients infected with genotype 1b. In contrast, studies from Europe did not confirm such...
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