Interleukin-28B gene non-TT allele strongly predicts treatment failure for genotype 1 infected chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis: A case control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Hu, Ching Chih ^a   Lin, Chih Lang ^a   Chang, Liang Che ^a   Chien, Cheng Hung ^a   Chen, Li Wei ^a   Liu, Ching Jung ^a   Chien, Rong Nan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Advanced fibrosis; Chronic hepatitis C; Interleukin 28B; rs8099917; Sustained virologic response

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 28B; PEGINTERFERON; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2B; RIBAVIRIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IL28B PROTEIN, HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 1; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INSOMNIA; INTERLEUKIN 18B GENE; ISHAK FIBROSIS SCORE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALAISE; MALE; MYALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; EVALUATION STUDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERLEUKINS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBAVIRIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84925616885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0888-x     Document Type: Article

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