Mark H Kuniholm, Andrea Kovacs, Xiaojiang Gao, Xiaonan Xue, Darlene Marti, Chloe L Thio, Marion G Peters, Norah A Terrault, Ruth M Greenblatt, James J Goedert, Mardge H Cohen, Howard Minkoff, Stephen J Gange, Kathryn Anastos, Melissa Fazzari, Tiffany G Harris, Mary A Young, Howard D Strickler, Mary Carrington
UNLABELLED: Studies of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and their relation with hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia have had conflicting results. However, these studies have varied in size and methods, and few large studies assessed HLA class I alleles. Only one study conducted high-resolution class I genotyping. The current investigation therefore involved high-resolution HLA class I and II genotyping of a large multiracial cohort of U.S. women with a high prevalence of HCV and HIV...
May 2010: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases