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Interferon-gamma (+874) T/A genotypes and risk of IFN-alpha-induced depression.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Feb 2011
Oxenkrug G, Perianayagam M, Mikolich D, Requintina P, Shick L, Ruthazer R, Zucker D, Summergrad P
Abstract excerpt
Depression is a frequent side effect of interferon (IFN)-alpha therapy of hepatitis C (HCV) and is of great relevance with regard to adherence, compliance, and premature therapy discontinuation. There are no reliable tests to identify patients-at-risk for the development of IFN-alpha induced depression. We retrospectively studied distribution of IFN-gamma (IFNG) (+874) T/A genotypes in 170 Caucasian HCV patients...
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