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[The occurrence of HCV genotypes and single polynucleotide polymorphisms of rs12979860 among HCV infected patients in northeastern Poland].
Przeglad epidemiologiczny - 1 Jan 2012
Kozłowski Paweł, Pogorzelska Joanna, Łapiński Tadeusz Wojciech, Kowalczuk Oksana, Nikliński Jacek, Flisiak Robert
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: HCV is responsible for the development of chronic hepatitis C, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. The Polish population is mainly dominated by genotype 1 infections, genotypes 3 and 4 are less common. Studies have shown that changes in SNPrs12979860 of human chromosome 19 affect their ability to eliminate infection both spontaneously and during the antiviral therapy. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY was to...
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