Article
Further investigation of the role of HLA-DPB1 in adult Hodgkin's disease (HD) suggests an influence on susceptibility to different HD subtypes.
British journal of cancer - 1 Jul 1999
Taylor G M, Gokhale D A, Crowther D, Woll P J, Harris M, Ryder D, Ayres M, Radford J A
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested in a number of studies that susceptibility to adult Hodgkin's disease (HD) is influenced by the HLA class II region, and specifically by alleles at the HLA-DPB1 locus. Since HD is diagnostically complex, it is not clear whether different HLA-DPB1 alleles confer susceptibility to different HD subtypes. To clarify this we have extended a previous study to type DPB1 alleles in 147 adult HD...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- HLA-DP Antigens
- HLA-DP beta-Chains
- Hodgkin Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
