Influence of HLA alleles on outcome of hepatitis C virus infection

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Volumn 354, Issue 9196, 1999, Pages 2094-2095

  Diepolder, Helmut M ^a   Scholz, Siegfried ^b   Pape, Gerd R ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DISEASE COURSE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NOTE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033582129     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)00327-X     Document Type: Note

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