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HLA allele frequency and clinical outcome in Italian patients with cutaneous melanoma.
Tissue antigens - 1 Jul 2004
Luongo V, Pirozzi G, Caracò C, Errico S, de Angelis F, Celentano E, Paino F, Chiofalo M G, Luongo M, Mozzillo N, Lombardi M L
Abstract excerpt
The current study focuses the analysis on the possible relationship between HLA allele frequency and clinical outcome of melanoma in a population of 382 Italian patients, as compared with 203 ethnically matched controls. In a 3-year follow-up study, results showed significant differences between groups of patients selected according to clinical stage, histology, and progression of the disease. A*01 seems to be...
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