Racial Differences in HLA Class II Associations with Hepatitis C Virus Outcomes
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Racial differences in HLA class II associations with hepatitis C virus outcomes.
A broad, vigorous CD4 T cell response, mediated by class II human leukocyte antigens (HLAs), favors hepatitis C virus (HCV) clearance. HLA-DQB1*0301 has been associated with viral clearance in an ethnically homogeneous cohort. To validate this association and to identify other class II associations in an ethnically varied cohort, molecular class II HLA typing was performed on 200 HCV clearance ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0022-1899,1537-6613
DOI: 10.1086/321005