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HLA system affects the age-at-onset in chronic myeloid leukemia.
American journal of hematology - 1 Aug 2003
Oguz Fatma Savran, Kalayoglu Sevgi, Diler A Sarper, Tozkir Hilmi, Sargin Deniz, Carin Mahmut, Dorak M Tevfik
Abstract excerpt
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) occurs from childhood to old age. The adult form is characterized by the presence of Philadelphia chromosome resulting from bcr/abl translocation. The BCR-ABL fusion proteins are immunogenic, and the junctional sequences show unique HLA class I and class II restrict...
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