The association of IL28B polymorphism and graft survival in patients with hepatitis C undergoing liver transplantation.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the leading cause of liver transplantation (LT) in Western countries. Polymorphism in the IL28B gene region has a major impact on the natural history and response to antiviral treatment in HCV. We investigated whether IL28B polymorphism was associated with graft...

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Main Authors: Sridhar R Allam, Bernd Krüger, Anita Mehrotra, Thomas Schiano, Bernd Schröppel, Barbara Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3559776?pdf=render