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SUBMITTER: Conde SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4004099 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Conde Simone Regina Souza da Silva SR Rocha Luciana L LL Ferreira Vanessa M VM Monteiro Julius Caesar Mendes Soares JC Filgueiras Nathália Karla Fonseca NK Lins Pedro Alves de Almeida PA dos Santos Bruna Tereza Silva BT Freitas Felipe Bonfim FB Graça Ednelza da Silva Eda S Demachki Sâmia S de Araújo Marialva Tereza Ferreira MT Ishak Ricardo R Vallinoto Antonio C R AC
Disease markers 20140410
<h4>Objective</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>In total, 65 chronically infected HBV patients and 97 healthy subjects who were anti-HBc and anti-HBs positive (control group) were evaluated between May 2011 and December 2012. The groups of patients were designated as inactive carriers, chronic hepatitis without cirrhosis, and chronic hepatitis ...[more]