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Association of interleukin-28B and hepatitis C genotype 1 with a high viral load and response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin therapy.
Digestion - 1 Jan 2011
Takita Masahiro, Hagiwara Satoru, Arizumi Tadaaki, Hayaishi Sousuke, Ueda Taisuke, Kitai Satoshi, Yada Norihisa, Inoue Tatsuo, Minami Yasunori, Chung Hobyung, Ueshima Kazuomi, Sakurai Toshiharu, Kudo Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) plus ribavirin therapy is the current standard treatment for chronic hepatitis C (CHC) genotype 1 with high viral load. A common genetic variation near the IL28B gene has been found to affect the response to PEG-IFN plus ribavirin therapy for CHC. The aims of this study were to analyze the association between the rs8099917 genotype and treatment response in a cohort...
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