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Distribution of HLA-B alleles in nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients and normal controls in Thailand.
Tissue antigens - 1 Mar 2002
Pimtanothai Nattiya, Charoenwongse P, Mutirangura A, Hurley C K
Abstract excerpt
HLA-B frequencies in 54 unrelated nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) patients and 49 healthy random controls in Thailand were investigated by direct DNA sequencing. Similar to previous reports in Chinese NPC patients, HLA-B*4601 was observed at a greater frequency in patients (21/54 (40%)) compared to controls (7/49 (14%). An increase in HLA-B*51012 was also demonstrated. B*51012 was present in 6/54 (11%) NPC...
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