Glycine-valine dimorphism at the 86th amino acid of HLA-DRB1 influenced the prognosis of postschistosomal hepatic fibrosis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1682-1686

  Hirayama, Kenji ^a   Chen, Honggen ^b   Kikuchi, Mihoko ^b   Yin, Tong ^b   Itoh, Mikako ^b   Gu, Xiaonan ^b   Zhang, Shaoji ^b   Yuan, Hongchang ^b  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0031780589     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515299     Document Type: Article

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