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Chemokine and chemokine receptor gene polymorphism in Tunisian hemodialysis patients with HCV infection.
Arab journal of nephrology and transplantation - 1 Sept 2011
Ksiaa Cheikh Rouhou Leila, Gorgi Yousr Lakhoua, Skhiri Hajer Aounallah, Aouadi Houda, Ayed Salwa Jendoubi, Sfar Imen, Ayed Khaled, Ben Abdallah Taieb
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INTRODUCTION: Our aim was to investigate the possibility of a significant relationship between chemokines and chemokine receptor genes polymorphisms and the spontaneous clearance or the persistence of HCV infection. METHODS: A total of 96 hemodialysis (HD) patients infected with HCV were classified into two groups: G1 included 73 patients with persistently positive HCV-RNA and G2 included 23 HD patients who have...
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