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Risk of invasive cervical cancer associated with polymorphic HLA DR/DQ haplotypes.
International journal of cancer - 20 Aug 2002
Ghaderi Mehran, Wallin Keng-Ling, Wiklund Fredrik, Zake Liene Nikitina, Hallmans Göran, Lenner Per, Dillner Joakim, Sanjeevi Carani B
Abstract excerpt
The genes encoding human leukocyte antigens (HLA) have shown to be associated with cervical neoplasia. To obtain reliable data on HLA associations with cervical tumors, the study should be performed within a strictly defined cohort. To investigate the population attributable risk of cervical cancer associated with the HLA class II haplotypes DR15 and DQ6 (DQA1*0102 and DQB1*0602), we performed a nested...
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