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Association of Genetic Polymorphisms With Hepatitis C Virus-related Liver Cirrhosis in Japan.
In vivo (Athens, Greece) - 1 Jan 2000
Kamimura Shinya, Tamura Akinori, Ishii Tomotaka, Kanda Tatsuo, Moriyama Mitsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/AIM: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an important health problem in the direct-acting antivirals-era. HCV causes life-threatening diseases, such as cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Our aim was to examine whether certain single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with the prevalence of HCV infections progressing to cirrhosis in the Japanese population by a genome-wide association...
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