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Polymorphisms in the IFNAR1 gene in patients with chronic hepatitis C: outcome of combined IFN-alpha therapy.
European cytokine network - 1 Sept 2007
Tena-Tomás Cristina, Pedroso Maria Lucia, de Messias-Reason Iara J, Kremsner Peter G, Kun Jürgen F J
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) alone or in combination with ribavirin has been used for the last decade in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, although the achievement of a sustained virological response (SVR) has not been very satisfactory. The treatment outcome depends on viral genotypes and host genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in the IFN-alpha signaling cascade. In this paper, we investigated the...
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