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Relationship between cytokine gene polymorphisms and chronic hepatitis B virus infection.
World journal of gastroenterology - 28 May 2014
Tunçbilek Semra
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still a public health problem worldwide, being endemic in some parts of the world. It can lead to serious liver diseases such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular cancer. The differences in host immune response can be one of the reasons for the various clinical presentations of HBV infection. Polymorphisms of genes encoding the proinflammatory and...
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