Racial differences in HLA class II associations with hepatitis C virus outcomes

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 16-21

  Thio, Chloe L ^a   Thomas, David L ^a,b   Goedert, James J ^c   Vlahov, David ^b,e   Nelson, Kenrad E ^b   Hilgartner, Margaret W ^f   O'Brien, Stephen J ^d   Karacki, Peter ^a   Marti, Darlene ^d   Astemborski, Jacquie ^a   Carrington, Mary ^d  

^a Dept of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035399634     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321005     Document Type: Article

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