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Association of human leukocyte antigen class I polymorphism with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen in Qidong Han population.
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2013
Miao Fengqin, Sun Hang, Pan Ning, Xu Jinhuan, Qiu Jie, Shen Yuqing, Xie Wei, Zhang Jianqiong
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AIM: To investigate whether HLA class I polymorphisms could influence the clearance of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) in Qidong Han population. METHODS: We genotyped HLA-A, -B, and -C loci of 448 individuals with HBV persistent infection and 140 persons with spontaneous clearance of HBsAg by polymerase chain reaction with sequencing based typing (PCR/SBT). All the individuals were unrelated males enrolled...
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