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Association between the HLA DQB1*0301 gene and human papillomavirus infection in high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists - 1 Jul 1999
Lie A K, Skarsvåg S, Haugen O A, Skjeldestad F E, Olsen A O, Skovlund E, Rønningen K S
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the distribution of DQB1genes in Norwegian women treated for high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections from 170 biopsy specimens with diagnoses of CIN II (n = 54) or CIN III (n = 116) were DQB1-typed using allele-specific polymerase chain reaction. The follow-up period for cases was 13 to 15 years. The control material comprised...
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