HLA-DR11 and HLA-DR2 are negatively associated with autoantibody production in chronic hepatitis C

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 138-139

  Hu, C Y ^a   Wu, C S ^b   Lee, C S ^c,d   Wu, C H ^b   Tsai, H F ^e   Chen, P J ^b   Hsu, P N ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NURSING AND MANAGEMENT COLLEGE   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR11 ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; MICROSOME ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; THYROID ANTIBODY;

ALLELE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 84984534286     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.039982     Document Type: Article

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