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Association of SNPs in interferon receptor genes in chronic hepatitis C with response to combined therapy of interferon and ribavirin.
Acta medica Iranica - 1 Jan 2014
Heidari Zohreh, Shahzamani Kiana, Ghanbari Reza, Tahamsebifar Arash
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C Virus is one of the main reasons for chronic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma. Combination therapy with Interferon (peg-IFN-α) and Ribavirin (RBV) clear the virus more likely than the others. Different factors like virus and host characteristics influence on response to treatment. The most important viral factors include virus genotype and viral load; host factors like genetic, gender, race,...
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