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IL28B alleles exert an additive dose effect when applied to HCV-HIV coinfected persons undergoing peginterferon and ribavirin therapy.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Dayyeh Barham K Abu, Gupta Namrata, Sherman Kenneth E, de Bakker Paul I W, Chung Raymond T
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic studies have demonstrated a strong association between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at IL28B and response to treatment with peginterferon (PEG) and ribavirin (RBV) in HCV monoinfected persons. We sought to test these associations in a prospective PEG / weight based ribavirin (WBR) treatment trial (ACTG A5178) (National Institution of Health registration number NCT00078403) in persons...
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