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Haptoglobin groups and cirrhosis of the liver
1Department of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, People's Republic of China.
Human Heredity
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
Haptoglobin (HP) groups were determined in Chinese patients suffering from eight different diseases and compared to those of 552 control subjects. Patients with cirrhosis of the liver showed a significant difference from controls in the distribution of HP types (p = 2 x 10(-4)), with increases in the HP*1 allele and HP1-1 phenotype frequencies. The relative risk for the HP1-1 phenotype was 3.3.