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DNA HLA-DRB1 analysis in children of positive mothers and estimated risk of vertical HIV transmission.
Disease markers - 1 Jun 1993
Greggio N A, Cameran M, Giaquinto C, Zacchello F, Koroliuk D, Colizzi V
Abstract excerpt
RFLP HLA-DRB1 analysis was performed on a total of 83 children born from HIV-infected mothers, 35 of whom were shown to be HIV-infected, while 48 reverted from seropositivity to seronegativity, indicating that they were not infected. Moreover, 89 healthy children were used as controls. It has been found that DRB1-14a and DRB1-13a.4 alleles were not present in the HIV-infected children, but were found in the...
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