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HLA DRB1*13 as a risk factor for type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in North American patients.
Digestive diseases and sciences - 1 Feb 2008
Czaja Albert J, Carpenter Herschel A, Moore S Breanndan
Abstract excerpt
Our goal was to determine if HLA DRB1*13 is associated with autoimmune hepatitis in North American patients. Two hundred and ten adults with definite type 1 autoimmune hepatitis were typed by DNA-based techniques, and the frequency of HLA DRB1*13 in patients without DRB1*03 and DRB1*04 was compared to that in 396 patients with eight other chronic liver diseases and 102 normal individuals. HLA DRB1*13 occurred...
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