ITPA gene variants protect against anaemia in patients treated for chronic hepatitis C

Jacques Fellay; Alexander J Thompson; Dongliang Ge; Curtis E Gumbs; Thomas J Urban; Kevin V Shianna; Latasha D Little; Ping Qiu; Arthur H Bertelsen; Mark Watson; Amelia Warner; Andrew J Muir; Clifford Brass; Janice Albrecht; Mark Sulkowski; John G McHutchison; David B Goldstein

Journal article

ITPA gene variants protect against anaemia in patients treated for chronic hepatitis C

Jacques Fellay, Alexander J Thompson, Dongliang Ge, Curtis E Gumbs, Thomas J Urban, Kevin V Shianna, Latasha D Little, Ping Qiu, Arthur H Bertelsen, Mark Watson, Amelia Warner, Andrew J Muir, Clifford Brass, Janice Albrecht, Mark Sulkowski, John G McHutchison, David B Goldstein

Nature | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1038/nature08825

University of Melbourne Researchers

Alex Thompson Author Medicine - St Vincent's Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

We are indebted to the IDEAL principal investigators, the study coordinators, nurses and patients involved in the study. We also thank E. Gustafson, P. Savino, D. Devlin, S. Noviello, M. Geffner, E. L. Heinzen, A. C. Need and E. T. Cirulli for their contributions to the study. This study was funded by the Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey. A.J.T. receives funding support from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the Gastroenterological Society of Australia.