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Significant association of HLA-DQ5 with autoimmune hepatitis in Taiwan.
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi - 1 Dec 2007
Koay Lok-Beng, Sun Chi-Shu, Tsai Sun-Lung, Lin Ching-Yih
Abstract excerpt
Genetic predisposition is known to be an important etiopathogenic factor of autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). HLA antigens associated with AIH have been well studied in Western countries and Japan, but there is no HLA typing data of AIH patients in Taiwan. We therefore investigated HLA phenotypes and their association with AIH patients and compared the results with those of normal subjects and patients with chronic...
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