Article
No impact of interleukin-28B polymorphisms on spontaneous or drug-induced hepatitis delta virus clearance.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Apr 2014
Visco-Comandini Ubaldo, Lapa Daniele, Taibi Chiara, Angeletti Claudio, Capobianchi Maria Rosaria, Garbuglia Anna Rosa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: rs12979860 and rs8099917 interleukin-28B polymorphisms are associated with spontaneous or interferon-alpha induced hepatitis C clearance, "CC" and "TT" genotypes (respectively) being the most favourable. There are no data on the influence of interleukin-28B polymorphisms on hepatitis delta clearance in hepatitis B/D co-infected patients. AIMS: The present study explores the potential influence of both...
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