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HLA-B, -DRB1/3/4/5, and -DQB1 gene polymorphisms in human immunodeficiency virus-related Kaposi's sarcoma.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2005
Dorak M Tevfik, Yee Leland J, Tang Jianming, Shao Wenshuo, Lobashevsky Elena S, Jacobson Lisa P, Kaslow Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms of genes in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) complex, particularly those encoding HLA-DR, have been suggested as markers of susceptibility to Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). We conducted a case-control study comparing 147 homosexual men who developed KS after infection by human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) with 147 matched dually infected men without HIV-associated KS...
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