Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine
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The interleukin-28B (IL28B) gene contains a single-nucleotide polymorphism at location rs12979860 that affects both the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection and the patient's response to treatment, particularly interferon-based regimens with or without protease inhibitors.
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Once cystic lung disease is confirmed on computed tomography, one can arrive at the likely diagnosis in most cases by taking a systematic, stepwise approach based on the clinical and radiographic features. Here, we describe the features of cystic lung disease that point to lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome, pulmonary angerhans cell histiocytosis, interstitial pneumonia, congenital cystic lung disease, pulmonary infection, and systemic disease.