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Distribution of IL28B Genotypes in Iranian Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C and Healthy Individuals
22 Dec 2012
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BACKGROUND: IL28B polymorphism is recognized as one of the most prominent predictors of hepatitis C spontaneous and treatment-induced clearance. Interestingly, the favorable genotypes of IL28B are found to be more frequent in Asian ethnicity than Caucasian and African populations, respectively. A few studies reported that there is a mysterious association between the IL28B polymorphism and the hepatitis C virus...
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