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HLA-DRB1, DQA1 and DQB1 alleles and haplotypes frequencies in Iranian healthy adult responders and non-responders to recombinant hepatitis B vaccine.
Iranian journal of immunology : IJI - 1 Jun 2008
Amirzargar Ali Akbar, Mohseni Nilufar, Shokrgozar Mohammad Ali, Arjang Zohreh, Ahmadi Nahid, Yousefi Behzadi Manijeh, Amanzadeh Amir, Shokri Fazel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Different studies have demonstrated that a small proportion of healthy individuals receiving the hepatitis B (HB) vaccine do not produce protective levels of anti-HB antibody, a phenomenon which could be linked to certain human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class-II alleles or haplotypes. OBJECTIVES: The present study was undertaken to determine the frequency of HLA class-II alleles in Iranian healthy adult...
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