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Relationship between human leukocyte antigen determinants and courses of hepatitis B virus infection in Caucasian patients with end-stage renal disease.
Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1996
Chen D F, Kliem V, Endres W, Brunkhorst R, Tillmann H L, Koch K M, Manns M P, Stangel W
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BACKGROUND: Divergent results have been reported with regard to the relationship between the course of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) determinants. The aim of the present study was to investigate the phenotype frequencies of HLA class-I and -II alleles in Caucasians with and without HBV infection. METHODS: Fifty-eight patients with persistent HBV infection (group 1), 119...
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