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Influence of ethnicity in the outcome of hepatitis C virus infection and cellular immune response.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Mar 2003
Sugimoto Kazushi, Stadanlick Jason, Ikeda Fusao, Brensinger Colleen, Furth Emma E, Alter Harvey J, Chang Kyong-Mi
Abstract excerpt
This study was performed to examine the immunologic basis for the apparent ethnic difference in clinical outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection between African Americans (AA) and Caucasian Americans (CA). To this end, we recruited 99 chronically HCV-infected and 31 spontaneously HCV-cleared subjects for clinical, virologic, and immunologic analysis. In particular, CD4-proliferative T-cell response to...
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