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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma-susceptibility locus is localized to a 132 kb segment containing HLA-A using high-resolution microsatellite mapping.
International journal of cancer - 10 Jul 2005
Lu Cheng-Chan, Chen Jung-Chin, Tsai Sen-Tien, Jin Ying-Tai, Tsai Jui-Chen, Chan Shih-Huang, Su Ih-Jen
Abstract excerpt
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is an epithelial tumor uniquely prevalent in southern Chinese. HLA-A2 is associated with NPC. In a previous study, we showed that the genes associated with susceptibility to NPC are primarily located within the HLA-A locus in Taiwanese NPC patients. However, the pat...
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