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Unravelling an HLA-DR association in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Blood - 15 Jul 1999
Dorak M T, Lawson T, Machulla H K, Darke C, Mills K I, Burnett A K
Abstract excerpt
Genetic and environmental factors play an interactive role in the development of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Since the demonstration of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence on mouse leukemia in 1964, an HLA association has been considered as a possible genetic risk factor. Despite extensive efforts, however, no strong evidence comparable to the H-2(k) influence on mouse leukemia...
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