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Review article: genetic factors that modify the outcome of viral hepatitis.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 May 2014
Stättermayer A F, Scherzer T, Beinhardt S, Rutter K, Hofer H, Ferenci P
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BACKGROUND: Genetic factors can play an important role for treatment response and disease progression in chronic viral hepatitis. AIM: To review the influence of host genetic factors on the clinical course as well as on treatment response in patients with viral hepatitis. METHODS: Review of the literature. RESULTS: A landmark genome-wide association study (GWAS) identified polymorphisms in the IL28B gene on...
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