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HLA class I in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL): possible correlation with clinical outcome.
Leukemia - 1 Mar 2000
Bolognesi E, Cimino G, Diverio D, Rapanotti M C, D'Alfonso S, Fleischhauer K, Migliaretti G, Momigliano-Richiardi P
Abstract excerpt
The majority of patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) possess either a bcr1 or a bcr3 type fusion between PML and RARalpha genes. The junction sequences may possibly be a target for immune response and influence susceptibility to the disease. In this case, HLA class I allele frequencies would be different between bcr1 and bcr3 patients. To test this hypothesis, we typed 102 APL patients for HLA-A, -B...
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