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Impact of a single nucleotide polymorphism upstream of the IL28B gene in patients positive for anti-HCV antibody in an HCV hyperendemic area in Japan.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Nov 2014
Oda Kohei, Uto Hirofumi, Kumagai Kotaro, Ido Akio, Kusumoto Kazunori, Shimoda Kazuya, Hayashi Katsuhiro, Stuver Sherri O, Tanaka Yasuhito, Nishida Nao, Tokunaga Katsushi, Tsubouchi Hirohito
Abstract excerpt
The influence of genetic variation at the interleukin-28B (IL28B) locus on the natural course of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has not been fully investigated. The goal of this study was to examine whether an IL28B polymorphism (rs8099917) is associated with natural clearance of HCV and with...
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