Human leukocyte antigens among primary biliary cirrhosis patients born in Mexico

Background and aim: Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic cholestatic disease of autoimmune origin and has a genetic component. Although it has been reported that the prevalence of the HLA-DRB1*08 allele is high in various populations, the prevalence of HLA alleles in Mexican PBC patients has...

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Main Authors: Genaro Vázquez-Elizondo, Guadalupe Ponciano-Rodríguez, Misael Uribe, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Annals of Hepatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1665268119318083