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Impact of interleukin 28B rs12979860 C/T polymorphism on severity of disease and response to treatment in hepatitis delta.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 30 Jan 2017
Ispiroglu Murat, Bahcecioglu Ibrahim Halil, Demirel Ulvi, Yalniz Mehmet
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Pegylated-interferon alpha (Peg-IFN α) is the therapy most commonly used to treat chronic hepatitis delta virus (HDV) infection. In the present study, we planned to investigate effect of IL28B polymorphism on response to Peg-IFN α therapy and disease progression in patients with chronic HDV. METHODOLOGY: A total of 47 patients who received Peg-IFNα therapy for at least one year were investigated....
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