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Association between an MHC class II allele and clearance of hepatitis B virus in the Gambia.
The New England journal of medicine - 20 Apr 1995
Thursz M R, Kwiatkowski D, Allsopp C E, Greenwood B M, Thomas H C, Hill A V
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BACKGROUND: The course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection does not appear to be determined by variations in viral virulence and may be influenced by the host immune response. We studied the distribution of human leukocyte antigens in children and adult men in the Gambia who spontaneously recovered from HBV infection as compared with the distribution of these antigens in subjects with persistent infection....
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