Human-leukocyte antigen alleles and haplotypes associated with chronicity of hepatitis B virus infection in Koreans

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-121

  Hwang, Sang Hyun ^a   Sohn, Yong Hak ^a   Oh, Heung Bum ^a   Hwang, Chang Yun ^a   Lee, Soons Hwan ^b   Shin, Eun Soon ^c   Lee, Kwan Jeh ^c  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A33 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR7 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HAPLOTYPE; HELPER CELL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HETEROZYGOTE; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; KOREA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-D ANTIGENS; HLA-DR7 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846565061     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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