A model explaining the correlations between IL28B-related genotypes, hepatitis C virus genotypes, and viral RNA levels

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1794-1796

  Lindh, Magnus ^a   Lagging, Martin ^a   Norkrans, Gunnar ^a   Hellstrand, Kristoffer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 28; INTERLEUKIN 28 BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78049465963     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.08.057     Document Type: Letter

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