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Gender effects and synergisms with histocompatibility leukocyte antigens in type 1 autoimmune hepatitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Aug 2002
Czaja Albert J, Donaldson Peter T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Our goals were to determine the effect of gender on the clinical features and treatment outcome of type 1 autoimmune hepatitis, and to assess synergisms with the known genetic risk factors. METHODS: Clinical findings and treatment outcomes were compared in 144 women and 41 men who were also assessed for HLA DR3, HLA DR4, HLA DR3 and DR4 alleles, and the DRB1*1501-DQA1*102 haplotype by polymerase chain...
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