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KIR/HLA ligands immunogenetics markers associated with outcome of hepatitis B virus infection in the Bulgarian population.
Biomedical papers of the Medical Faculty of the University Palacky, Olomouc, Czechoslovakia - 1 Sept 2021
Varbanova Viktoria, Popov Georgi, Grigorova Veneta, Petrova Diana, Naumova Elissaveta, Mihaylova Anastasiya
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BACKGROUND: Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is one of the most common infections worldwide, having negative impact on world health due to the tendency for chronification with late complications such as liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Natural killer (NK) cells as part of innate antiviral defense influence the clinical course of HBV infection: elimination of the virus or chronic disease. AIM:...
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