Vitamin D binding protein gene polymorphisms and baseline vitamin D levels as predictors of antiviral response in chronic hepatitis C

Hepatology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1641-1650

  Falleti, Edmondo ^a   Bitetto, Davide ^a   Fabris, Carlo ^a   Fattovich, Giovanna ^b   Cussigh, Annarosa ^a   Cmet, Sara ^a   Ceriani, Elisa ^c   Fornasiere, Ezio ^a   Pasino, Michela ^b   Ieluzzi, Donatella ^b   Pirisi, Mario ^c   Toniutto, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D BINDING PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBAVIRIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D-BINDING PROTEIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868193472     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.25848     Document Type: Article

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