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Genetic distinctions between types 1 and 2 autoimmune hepatitis.
The American journal of gastroenterology - 1 Dec 1997
Czaja A J, Kruger M, Santrach P J, Moore S B, Manns M P
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OBJECTIVES: Our aim was to determine whether alleles affecting susceptibility to type 1 autoimmune hepatitis in the United States occur as commonly in German patients with type 2 disease. METHODS: DNA specimens from 12 German patients with type 2 autoimmune hepatitis were tested for class II alleles of the major histocompatibility complex by polymerase chain reaction using sequence specific primers. Eighty-six...
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