Role of HLA-DP Polymorphisms on Chronicity and Disease Activity of Hepatitis B Infection in Southern Chinese

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Wong, Danny Ka Ho ^a,b   Watanabe, Tsunamasa ^c   Tanaka, Yasuhito ^c   Seto, Wai Kay ^a   Lee, Cheuk Kwong ^d   Fung, James ^a,b   Lin, Che Kit ^d   Huang, Fung Yu ^a   Lai, Ching Lung ^a,b   Yuen, Man Fung ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HETEROZYGOSITY; HLA DP GENE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VIRAL CLEARANCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HLA-DP ANTIGENS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 84879369604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066920     Document Type: Article

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