A genome-wide association study identified new variants associated with the risk of chronic hepatitis B

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 4233-4238

  Kim, Yoon Jun ^a   Kim, Hwi Young ^a,b   Lee, Jeong Hoon ^a   Yu, Su Jong ^a   Yoon, Jung Hwan ^a   Lee, Hyo Suk ^a   Kim, Chung Yong ^a   Cheong, Jae Youn ^c   Cho, Sung Won ^c   Park, Neung Hwa ^d   Park, Byung Lae ^e   Namgoong, Seok ^e   Kim, Lyoung ^e   Cheong, Hyo Hyun Sub ^e   Shin, Hyoung Doo ^e  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 19; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHROMOSOME 6; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUCHROMATIN; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEREDITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84884728889     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt266     Document Type: Article

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