Brief Reports
Copyright ©2005 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2005; 11(42): 6656-6661
Published online Nov 14, 2005. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v11.i42.6656
Effect of cytokine gene polymorphism on histological activity index, viral load and response to treatment in patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3
Zaigham Abbas, Tariq Moatter, Akber Hussainy, Wasim Jafri
Zaigham Abbas, Wasim Jafri, Department of Medicine, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Tariq Moatter, Akber Hussainy, Department of Pathology, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to the work.
Correspondence to: Dr. Zaigham Abbas, Consultant Gastroenterologist, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan. zaigham@akunet.org
Telephone: +92-21-4930051 Fax: +92-21-4934294
Received: February 7, 2005
Revised: April 6, 2005
Accepted: April 9, 2005
Published online: November 14, 2005
Core Tip