Association between HLA Variations and Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Saudi Arabian Patients

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a leading cause of liver diseases including cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Human leukocyte antigens (HLAs) play an important role in the regulation of immune response against infectious organisms, including HBV. Recently, several genome-wide association...

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Main Authors: Al-Qahtani, Ahmed A., Al-Anazi, Mashael R., Abdo, Ayman A., Sanai, Faisal M., Al-Hamoudi, Waleed, Alswat, Khalid A., Al-Ashgar, Hamad I., Khalaf, Nisreen Z., Eldali, Abdelmoneim M., Viswan, Nisha A., Al-Ahdal, Mohammed N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898905/