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Human leukocyte antigen class I and II alleles and risk of cervical neoplasia: results from a population-based study in Costa Rica.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Nov 2001
Wang S S, Wheeler C M, Hildesheim A, Schiffman M, Herrero R, Bratti M C, Sherman M E, Alfaro M, Hutchinson M L, Morales J, Lorincz A, Burk R D, Carrington M, Erlich H A, Apple R J
Abstract excerpt
To examine human leukocyte antigen (HLA) involvement in the development of all grades of cervical neoplasia, a nested case-control study of 10,077 women in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, was conducted. Participants had invasive cervical cancer, high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs; n=166), or low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSILs); were positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) with no evidence...
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