Association of Hepatitis B and HLA Class I in Syrian Population
published by Damascus University
in 1999
in
and research's language is
العربية
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Abstract in English
The possible correlation between HLA system and various course of hepatitis B
has been studied in 346 subjects: 277 normal subjects, 27 HBsAg+ patients, 21
post hepatitis B liver cirrhosis patients, and 21 liver cirrhosis without previous
HBV infection patients. Increased frequencies of A23, B21, B51 found in HBsAg+,
A28, B55 in post HBV cirrhosis, and higher frequency of B35 in normal subjects.
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