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Association between lipoprotein subfraction profile and the response to hepatitis C treatment in Japanese patients with genotype 1b.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Apr 2010
Mawatari H, Yoneda M, Fujita K, Nozaki Y, Shinohara Y, Sasaki H, Iida H, Takahashi H, Inamori M, Abe Y, Kobayashi N, Kubota K, Kirikoshi H, Nakajima A, Saito S
Abstract excerpt
Pegylated interferon and ribavirin combination therapy is the standard treatment for patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC). Some groups have reported a relation between lipid values and response while others have reported that microsomal triglyceride transfer protein, a key enzyme in the assembly and secretion of lipoproteins, was related to hepatitis C virus (HCV). The aim of this study was to investigate the...
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