HLA-DRB1 and autoimmune hepatitis: In India, a study including both children and adults, identified DRB1*04 and DRB1*08 as risk alleles for AIH-1, and HLA-DRB1*04 as risk factor for paediatric AIH, in contrast to its protective role in paediatric Northern European populations, and in line with Japanese data (16, 20).