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HLA-DQB1 and cervical cancer in Venezuelan women.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Feb 2005
Dao Dat D, Sierra-Torres Carlos H, Robazetti Sonia C, de Gomez Miriam Naranjo, König Rolf, Lema Carolina, Lester L James, Au William W, Tyring Stephen K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer represents a major health problem in Venezuela as well as in other Latin American countries. High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection is known as the major risk factor of cervical cancer. However, whether or not a HR-HPV-infected woman progresses to cervical cancer may depend on the immune system effectors induced by viral antigens presented by her specific human leukocyte...
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