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Human leukocyte antigen class I and II haplotypes and risk of cervical cancer.
Tissue antigens - 1 Oct 2005
Carreon J D, Martin M P, Hildesheim A, Gao X, Schiffman M, Herrero R, Bratti M C, Sherman M E, Zaino R J, Carrington M, Wang S S
Abstract excerpt
Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) variations may affect immune response to human papillomavirus infection and subsequent cervical neoplasia risk. We investigated the frequency and relationship between HLA-A-B and HLA-A-B-DR haplotypes among women with cervical cancer/high-grade lesions (n=365) and cytologically normal population controls (n=681) within three cervical neoplasia studies in the US and Costa Rica....
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