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A Variant in PNPLA3 Associated With Fibrosis Progression but not Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association - 1 Feb 2016
Ali Muhammad, Yopp Adam, Gopal Purva, Beg Muhammad S, Zhu Hao, Lee William, Singal Amit G
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3 gene (PNPLA3, rs738409) has been associated with fibrosis and development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, although its association with outcomes in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is less clear. We evaluated the association between this...
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