Effect of HLA class II genotype on T helper lymphocyte responses and viral control in hepatitis C virus infection
- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Viral Hepatitis
- Vol. 8 (3) , 174-179
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2893.2001.00289.x
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is very common worldwide, but has a broad range of outcomes. A minority of patients are able to clear infection spontaneously, and this is thought to be due to the e...Keywords
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