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A fast and cost-effective method for identifying a polymorphism of interleukin 28B related to hepatitis C.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Ferreira Camila da Silva, Abreu Rodrigo Martins, da Silva Marlone Cunha, Ferreira Aline Siqueira, Nasser Paulo Dominguez, Carrilho Flair José, Ono Suzane Kioko
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Approximately 170 million people are chronic carriers of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Patients with chronic hepatitis C are currently treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin (PEG-IFN/RBV). A genome-wide association with PEG-IFN/RBV treatment response and a single nucleotide polymorphism (rs12...
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