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Role of IL28B and inosine triphosphatase polymorphisms in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus genotype 6 infection.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jul 2013
Seto W-K, Tsang O T-Y, Liu K, Chan J M-C, Wong D K-H, Fung J, Lai C-L, Yuen M-F
Abstract excerpt
IL28B and inosine triphosphatase (ITPA) polymorphisms are able to predict treatment response and degree of ribavirin-related anaemia, respectively, in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. However, their roles in the treatment of chronic HCV genotype 6 remain undetermined. Sixty patients who were infected with HCV genotype 6 were commenced on 48 weeks of combination pegylated interferon and...
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