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Two subtypes of hepatitis B virus-associated glomerulonephritis are associated with different HLA-DR2 alleles in Koreans.
Tissue antigens - 1 Dec 2003
Park M H, Song E Y, Ahn C, Oh K-H, Yang J, Kang S J, Lee H S
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated glomerulonephritis (HBV-GN) is occurring at high prevalence in most Asian endemic areas. There have been some reports on human leucocyte antigen (HLA) associations with HBV infections; however, HLA association with HBV-GN has been rarely reported. Forty-six adult Korean patients with HBV-GN (42 male and four female patients, age 20-66), 100 HBsAg (-) healthy controls, and 89...
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