Impact of IL12B Gene rs 3212227 Polymorphism on Fibrosis, Liver Inflammation, and Response to Treatment in Genotype 4 Egyptian Hepatitis C Patients

Introduction. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection affects almost 3% of the world's population with the highest prevalence in Egypt (15%). The standard therapy; pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin, is effective in only 60% of Egyptian patients; moreover it is costly, prolonged, and has se...

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Autores principales: Youssef, Samar Samir, Mostafa, Asmaa, Saad, Amr, Omran, Moataza Hassan, El Zanaty, Taher, Mohamed Seif, Sameh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/627589

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223458
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/627589

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