Interleukin 28B polymorphism predicts pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatment outcome in chronic hepatitis C genotype 4

Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 336-342

  De Nicola, Stella ^a   Aghemo, Alessio ^a   Grazia Rumi, Maria ^a   Galmozzi, Enrico ^a   Valenti, Luca ^a   Soffredini, Roberta ^a   De Francesco, Raffaele ^b   Prati, Gian Maria ^a   D'Ambrosio, Roberta ^a   Cheroni, Cristina ^b   Donato, Maria Francesca ^a   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; RECURRENCE RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUSTAINED VIROLOGIC RESPONSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84856378581     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.24683     Document Type: Article

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