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HLA-B alleles, high-risk HPV infection and risk for cervical neoplasia in southern Chinese women.
International journal of cancer - 15 Mar 2006
Chan Paul K S, Cheung Jo L K, Cheung Tak-Hong, Lin Che-kit, Tam Ann O Y, Chan Denise P C, Zhou Daniel X, Lo Keith W K, Yim So-Fan, Siu Shing-Shun N
Abstract excerpt
A population-based study was conducted on 256 southern Chinese with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade III (CIN III) or invasive cervical cancer (ICC) and on 258 controls to examine the associations between HLA-B alleles, infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and the development of cervical neoplasia. HLA-B15 was found to be protective for CIN III/ICC overall (p(corrected) = 0.003), and for...
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