Defining the immunogenetic susceptibility to primary biliary cirrhosis.
Primary biliary cirrhosis is a chronic cholestatic disease, thought to be immune-mediated with genetic susceptibility encoded in the major histocompatibility complex. In northern Europeans, the best established associations are with HLA-DR8 and the complement allele, C4B2. These associations could b...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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1994
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