患有COVID-19的患者的HLA遗传多态和预后

L Lorente1, M M Martín2, A Franco3

  • 1Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra, s/n., La Laguna 38320, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.

Medicina intensiva
|April 15, 2024
PubMed
概括

人类白细胞抗原 (HLA) 的遗传变异可能会影响2019年新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 死亡率. 特定的HLA等位基因与COVID-19患者的死亡风险增加有关,因此需要对更大的队列进行进一步调查.

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