PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Parungao, Jose Mari
AU  - Hanouneh, Ibrahim A.
AU  - John, Binu
AU  - Alkhouri, Naim
AU  - Zein, Nizar N.
TI  - Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14004
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 97--104
VI  - 82
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/97.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/97.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2015 Feb 01; 82
AB  - The interleukin-28B (IL28B) gene contains a single-nucleotide polymorphism at location rs12979860 that affects both the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection and the patient’s response to treatment, particularly interferon-based regimens with or without protease inhibitors.