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Apolipoprotein E-ε4 deficiency and cognitive function in hepatitis C virus-infected patients.
Journal of viral hepatitis - 1 Jan 2016
Wozniak M A, Lugo Iparraguirre L M, Dirks M, Deb-Chatterji Milani, Pflugrad H, Goldbecker A, Tryc A B, Worthmann H, Gess M, Crossey M M E, Forton D M, Taylor-Robinson S D, Itzhaki R F, Weissenborn K
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes not only liver damage in certain patients but can also lead to neuropsychiatric symptoms. Previous studies have shown that the type 4 allele of the gene for apolipoprotein E (APOE) is strongly protective against HCV-induced damage in liver. In this study, we have investigated the possibility that APOE genotype is involved in the action of HCV in brain. One hundred HCV-infected...
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