Interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism predicts initial response of chronic hepatitis C to interferon alfa

Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 526-530

  Edwards Smith, Catherine J ^a   Jonsson, Julie R ^a   Purdie, David M ^a   Bansal, Amolak ^b   Shorthouse, Claudia ^c   Powell, Elizabeth E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b St Helier's Hospital   (Australia)

^c PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-10; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0032769836     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.510300207     Document Type: Article

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