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Evidence that the HLA DQA1*03 allele confers protection from chronic HCV-infection in Northern European Caucasoids.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 1996
Tibbs C, Donaldson P, Underhill J, Thomson L, Manabe K, Williams R
Abstract excerpt
In the search for factors which may influence susceptibility to and outcome from chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, few studies have considered the influence of host genes. In the present investigation we have performed HLA DRB1, DQA1, DQB1, and DPB1 genotyping on 104 northern European patients with chronic HCV infection and 177 racially and geographically matched controls. Three HLA class II alleles,...
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