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HLA class II DR-DQ and increased risk of cervical cancer among Senegalese women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Oct 2001
Lin P, Koutsky L A, Critchlow C W, Apple R J, Hawes S E, Hughes J P, Touré P, Dembele A, Kiviat N B
Abstract excerpt
To examine Senegalese women to confirm and extend associations between HLA class II types and cervical cancer previously observed among African-American, Caucasian, Hispanic, and Japanese ethnic populations, 55 Senegalese women with invasive cervical carcinoma were compared with age-matched (human papillomavirus) HPV-positive (n = 83) and HPV-negative (n = 107) control women. PCR-based HPV and HLA typing methods...
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