Polymorphisms in melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 are not associated with clearance of hepatitis C virus in a European American population

Hepatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1061-1062

  Vergara, Candelaria ^a   Thio, Chloe L ^a   Thomas, David ^a   Duggal, Priya ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATIC CLEARANCE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LETTER; MELANOMA DIFFERENTIATION ASSOCIATED GENE 5; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR GENE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS C; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MALE;

DEAD BOX PROTEIN;

DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84938099145     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: 15273350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.27954     Document Type: Letter

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