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Primary pulmonary hypertension in HIV infection: an outcome determined by particular HLA class II alleles.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Apr 1996
Morse J H, Barst R J, Itescu S, Flaster E R, Sinha G, Zhang Y, Fotino M
Abstract excerpt
Primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) may have an autoimmune basis that is influenced by host immunogenetics. The pathogenesis of primary pulmonary hypertension in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is unclear. The objective of this study was to determine whether patients with PPH and HIV infection have distinctive immunogenetic profiles. Ten racially mixed HIV-infected patients with PPH were typed for...
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