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Mutations in the NS5A gene are associated with response to interferon+ribavirin combination therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus 3a infection.
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Oct 2013
Ullah Sajjad, Rehman Habib U, Idrees Muhammad
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INTRODUCTION: The clinical correlation between hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5A gene mutations and response to antiviral treatment in HCV-3a-infected patients is not as well known as that in HCV-1a-infected and HCV-1b-infected patients. OBJECTIVES: This study attempted to determine mutations in the NS5A gene in isolates of HCV-3a obtained from infected Pakistani patients treated with interferon-α standard therapy and...
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