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A predictive model of treatment outcome in patients with chronic HCV infection using IL28B and PD-1 genotyping.
Journal of hepatology - 1 Jun 2012
Vidal-Castiñeira Jose Ramón, López-Vázquez Antonio, Alonso-Arias Rebeca, Moro-García Marco Antonio, Martinez-Camblor Pablo, Melón Santiago, Prieto Jesús, López-Rodriguez Rosario, Sanz-Cameno Paloma, Rodrigo Luis, Pérez-López Rosa, Pérez-Álvarez Ramón, López-Larrea Carlos
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The advent of new chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies requires characterization of patients in order to predict adequate treatment. A good candidate marker is Programmed Cell Death-1 (PD-1) which is involved in progression of HCV infection. The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of several single nucleotide polymorphisms of PD-1 gene and several previously associated factors...
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