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Functional Polymorphism in the Interleukin 6 (IL6) Gene with Respect to Depression Induced in the Course of Interferon-α and Ribavirin Treatment in Chronic Hepatitis Patients.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Dec 2016
Frydecka Dorota, Pawłowski Tomasz, Pawlak Dariusz, Małyszczak Krzysztof
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-6 is a multifactorial cytokine known to be increased in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) and to be predictive of depression incidence. The aim of the study was to explore the association between IL6 gene C-174G polymorphism and depressive symptom severity in the longitudinal study design following the course of pegylated interferon/ribavirin treatment in CHC patients. In our study, we...
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