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HLA-B polymorphism in Japanese HIV-1-infected long-term surviving hemophiliacs.
Viral immunology - 1 Jan 2005
Munkanta Mwansa, Terunuma Hiroshi, Takahashi Megumi, Hanabusa Hideji, Miura Takuma, Ikeda Shuichi, Sakai Michio, Fujii Teruhisa, Takahashi Yoshihiro, Oka Shin-ichi, Matsuda Juzo, Ishikawa Masaaki, Taki Masashi, Takashima Yoshifumi, Mimaya Jun-ichi, Ito Masahiko, Kimura Akinori, Yasunami Michio
Abstract excerpt
Approximately 30% of patients with hemophilia in Japan were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in early 1980s through contaminated blood products. In 1995, a cohort of HIV-infected, asymptomatic patients with hemophilia was set up for follow-up study. Although the patients met the criteria for long-term non-progressor (LTNP) at the entry to the cohort, some of them later developed lymphopenia during...
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