RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Genetics and hepatitis C: It’s good to be ‘CC’
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 97
OP 104
DO 10.3949/ccjm.82a.14004
VO 82
IS 2
A1 Parungao, Jose Mari
A1 Hanouneh, Ibrahim A.
A1 John, Binu
A1 Alkhouri, Naim
A1 Zein, Nizar N.
YR 2015
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/82/2/97.abstract
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.