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Association study of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variants and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
2023-07-24
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Introduction</h4> Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic interstitial pneumonia marked by progressive lung fibrosis and a poor prognosis. Recent studies have highlighted the potential role of infection in the pathogenesis of IPF and a prior association of the HLA-DQB1 gene with idiopathic fibrotic interstitial pneumonia (including IPF) has been reported. Due to the important role th...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 48084401-e306-57a3-8583-da4d09b454aa
- DOI
- 10.1101/2023.07.20.23292940
