Association of Adiponutrin/Patatin Like Phospholipase 3 (PNPLA3) I148M Gene Variant with Chronic Hepatitis C in Egyptian Children
Mahmoud Mohamed Motawae, Mohiee El-Deen Abd El-Aziz Awad, Hanaa Ahmed Elaraby, Manal Abd El-Wahed Eid, Hanan Hamed Soliman, Nermine Ahmed Ehsan & Doaa Mohammed Salah El-Deen El-Sawy · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2021
Background: Chronic hepatitis C (CHC) represents a leading cause of liver-related mortality worldwide. The patatin-like phospholipase domain-containing 3 gene (PNPLA3/adiponutrin) rs738409 (I148M) single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) has been reported to be linked with the severi...
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10.9734/jammr/2021/v33i2331182