Genetic predictors of response to treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in patients from southern Italy

Various clinical and genetic factors affect response to antiviral treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The <em>IL28B</em> single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs12979860 is associated with a sustained viral response (SVR), and the suppressor cytokine signaling 3 (<e...

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Published in:	Italian Journal of Medicine
Main Authors:	Mario Masarone, Roberta Russo, Antonella Gambale, Concetta Langella, Ferdinando Carlo Sasso, Luca Fontanella, Marco Romano, Achille Iolascon, Marcello Persico
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PAGEPress Publications 2014-02-01
Subjects:	hepatitis C virus infection, IL28B genotyping, IL28B and SOCS3 gene expression.
Online Access:	http://www.italjmed.org/index.php/ijm/article/view/443