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Mutations in the nonstructural 5A region of hepatitis C virus and response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa.
Gastroenterology - 1 Aug 1997
Squadrito G, Leone F, Sartori M, Nalpas B, Berthelot P, Raimondo G, Pol S, Bréchot C
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Mutations in hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) may correlate with response to interferon in Japanese patients with chronic hepatitis C. The aim of this study was to examine whether these findings could be expanded to European patients infected with genotypes associated to low (1b) or high (3a) response rates. METHODS: Pretreatment serum samples of 66 patients with chronic...
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