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SUBMITTER: Kalantari H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6421889 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences 20190225
<h4>Background</h4>The present study aimed to determine the frequency of the IL28B polymorphism rs8099917 in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with pegylated-interferon-α2b (PEG-IFN-α2b) and ribavirin (RBV) and its treatment outcome.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>The IL28B rs8099917 genotypes were determined among 100 HCV-infected patients and the viral load was also estimated. PEG-IFN-α2b and RBV combination were administrated to the patients for 48 weeks and the ...[more]