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Does IL28B genotyping still have a role in the era of direct-acting antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C infection?
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Oct 2012
Holmes J A, Desmond P V, Thompson A J
Abstract excerpt
IL28B genotype has been shown to be the strongest pretreatment predictor of sustained virological response (SVR) in patients with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC) treated with pegylated interferon (peg-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV). Patients carrying the good response genotype have a two- to threefold higher chance of SVR than those with a poor response genotype, manifest as dramatically improved early...
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