What is the ethnicity-specific impact of genetic polymorphisms on the response to hepatitis C treatment in an admixed population of Brazilian patients?

Clinics (Sao Paulo). 2014 Feb;69(2):152. doi: 10.6061/clinics/2014(02)13.

Authors

Maryam Keshvari¹, Seyed Moayed Alavian², Heidar Sharafi²

Affiliations

¹ High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Blood Transfusion Research Center, Tehran, Iran, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Blood Transfusion Research Center, Tehran, Iran.
² Middle East Liver Disease (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran, Middle East Liver Disease (MELD) Center, Tehran, Iran.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Hepatitis C, Chronic / drug therapy*
Humans
Interleukins / genetics*
Male
Myxovirus Resistance Proteins / genetics*
Osteopontin / genetics*
Polymorphism, Genetic / genetics*
Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / genetics*

Substances

Interleukins
Myxovirus Resistance Proteins
Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins
Osteopontin