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No significant influence of HLA determinants on susceptibility to hepatitis C virus infection in Caucasian patients with end-stage renal disease.
Liver - 1 Dec 1996
Chen D F, Endres W, Kliem V, Tillmann H L, Brunkhorst R, Koch K M, Manns M P, Stangel W
Abstract excerpt
In hepatitis C, both susceptibility to infection and the course of disease may depend on differences in the immune response. As the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) plays a crucial role in antigen presentation, we investigated a possible relationship between susceptibility to hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and human leucocyte antigen (HLA) alleles. Therefore, phenotype frequencies of HLA were compared in...
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