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Sustained virologic response and IL28B single-nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with chronic hepatitis C treated with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin.
Acta biochimica Polonica - 1 Jan 2012
Jabłonowska Elżbieta, Piekarska Anna, Koślińska-Berkan Ewa, Omulecka Aleksandra, Szymańska Bożena, Wójcik Kamila
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INTRODUCTION: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a global health problem which can lead to liver cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma in one-fifth of chronically infected patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study group consisted of 123 patients: 90 with HCV mono- and 33 with HIV/HCV co-infection, who were treated with pegylated interferon alfa (Peg-IFN-α) and ribavirin. We analyzed selected pretreatment...
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