Prevalence and clinical implications of IL28B genotypes in Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis C

Prevalence and clinical implications of IL28B genotypes in Taiwanese patients with chronic hepatitis C

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 20...

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Main Authors: Yone-Han Mah, Chen-Hua Liu, Chi-Ling Chen, Tai-Chung Tseng, Chun-Jen Liu, Pei-Jer Chen, Ding-Shinn Chen, Jia-Horng Kao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-11-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Subjects:
gender
hepatic fibrosis
hepatitis C virus genotype
histology
IL28B polymorphism
liver biopsy
prevalence
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