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Hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma and B-cell lymphoma patients show a different profile of major histocompatibility complex class II alleles.
Human immunology - 1 Nov 2004
De Re V, Caggiari L, Talamini R, Crovatto M, De Vita S, Mazzaro C, Cannizzaro R, Dolcetti R, Boiocchi M
Abstract excerpt
Comparison of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) frequencies in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and in patients with HCV-associated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) has not been addressed previously. To this aim, we investigated the distribution of HLA class II alleles in two selected groups of HCV-infected patients. Group 1 included 50 patients with HCV-associated NHL;...
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