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Inosine triphosphate protects against ribavirin-induced adenosine triphosphate loss by adenylosuccinate synthase function.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2011
Hitomi Yuki, Cirulli Elizabeth T, Fellay Jacques, McHutchison John G, Thompson Alexander J, Gumbs Curtis E, Shianna Kevin V, Urban Thomas J, Goldstein David B
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Genetic variation of inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) causing an accumulation of inosine triphosphate (ITP) has been shown to protect patients against ribavirin (RBV)-induced anemia during treatment for chronic hepatitis C infection by genome-wide association study (GWAS). However...
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