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Prevalence and clinical implications of IL28B genotypes in Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis C.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Nov 2016
Mah Yone-Han, Liu Chen-Hua, Chen Chi-Ling, Tseng Tai-Chung, Liu Chun-Jen, Chen Pei-Jer, Chen Ding-Shinn, Kao Jia-Horng
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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Clinical implications of IL28B gene in Taiwanese chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients remain unknown. We thus investigated the prevalence and clinical implications of IL28B rs8099917 genotypes in CHC patients with different hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes and healthy controls. METHODS: A total of 200 HCV genotype 1 patients and 200 HCV genotype 2 patients who received liver biopsy, as well as...
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