HLA-A*3303 and *3301 predispose patients to persistent hepatitis B infection

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-118

  Ramezani, Amitis ^a   Aghakhani, Arezoo ^a   Kalantar, Ebrahim ^b   Banifazl, Mohammad ^c   Eslamifar, Ali ^a   Velayati, Ali Akbar ^d  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Society for Support of Patients with Infectious Diseases   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; HLA A33, SUBTYPE A 3303; HLA-A33, SUBTYPE A-3303; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70549094218     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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