Absence of Correlation between IL-28B Gene Polymorphisms and the Clinical Presentation of Chronic Hepatitis B in an Amazon Brazilian Population

Absence of Correlation between IL-28B Gene Polymorphisms and the Clinical Presentation of Chronic Hepatitis B in an Amazon Brazilian Population

Objective. The present study investigated the prevalence of the IL-28B polymorphisms rs12979860 and rs8099917 in chronic hepatitis B patients from a case study in Eastern Amazonia. Methods. In total, 65 chronically infected HBV patients and 97 healthy subjects who were anti-HBc and anti-HBs positive...

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Main Authors: Simone Regina Souza da Silva Conde, Luciana L. Rocha, Vanessa M. Ferreira, Julius Caesar Mendes Soares Monteiro, Nathália Karla Fonseca Filgueiras, Pedro Alves de Almeida Lins, Bruna Tereza Silva dos Santos, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Ednelza da Silva Graça, Sâmia Demachki, Marialva Tereza Ferreira de Araújo, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio C. R. Vallinoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Disease Markers
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/534534

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/534534

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