Original Article

Primary Biliary Cirrhosis Associated with HLA, IL12A, and IL12RB2 Variants

Gideon M. Hirschfield, M.R.C.P., Ph.D., Xiangdong Liu, Ph.D., Chun Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Yue Lu, M.Sc., Gang Xie, M.D., Ph.D., Yan Lu, M.D., Xiangjun Gu, Ph.D., Erin J. Walker, Ph.D., Kaiyan Jing, M.S., Brian D. Juran, B.S., Andrew L. Mason, M.D., Robert P. Myers, M.D., Kevork M. Peltekian, M.D., Cameron N. Ghent, M.D., Catalina Coltescu, Elizabeth J. Atkinson, M.S., E. Jenny Heathcote, M.D., Konstantinos N. Lazaridis, M.D., Christopher I. Amos, Ph.D., and Katherine A. Siminovitch, M.D.

N Engl J Med 2009; 360:2544-2555June 11, 2009