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Tumor necrosis factor alpha polymorphism associated with increased susceptibility to development of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 carriers.
Cancer research - 1 May 2001
Tsukasaki K, Miller C W, Kubota T, Takeuchi S, Fujimoto T, Ikeda S, Tomonaga M, Koeffler H P
Abstract excerpt
Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is etiologically associated with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Nevertheless, most individuals infected with HTLV-1 do not develop ATL. To attempt to identify genetic factors promoting the progression to ATL, we investigated in HTLV-1 carriers the...
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