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Hepatitis B-associated vasculitis in Alaska Natives: viral genotype, clinical and serologic outcome.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver - 1 Jun 2007
Hurlburt Kathy J, McMahon Brian J, Simonetti Josephine P, Livingston Stephen E, Bulkow Lisa R, Snowball Mary M, Chulanov Vladimir P, Nainan Omana P, Williams James L
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BACKGROUND: The highest incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated vasculitis in the world has been reported in Alaska Natives. We examined the incidence of HBV-associated vasculitis before and after mass HBV vaccine immunization and the association between HBV genotype and vasculitis in a population-based cohort study in Alaska natives chronically infected with HBV. METHODS: Genotyping was performed in...
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