Evaluation of genetic susceptibility loci for chronic hepatitis B in Chinese: two independent case-control studies.

Evaluation of genetic susceptibility loci for chronic hepatitis B in Chinese: two independent case-control studies.

BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide scan has identified two genetic variants in the HLA-DP region strongly associated with hepatitis B infection in Japanese. This study evaluates the effects of these risk variants in Chinese, where the HBV infection is the most popular in the world. METHODS AND FINDING...

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Main Authors: Li Wang, Xiao-Pan Wu, Wei Zhang, Da-Hai Zhu, Ying Wang, Yan-Ping Li, Yao Tian, Rong-Cheng Li, Zhuo Li, Xinlin Zhu, Jun-Hong Li, Jun Cai, Li Liu, Xiao-Ping Miao, Ying Liu, Hui Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3050917?pdf=render

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