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Risk association between human leukocyte antigen-A allele and high-risk human papillomavirus infection for cervical neoplasia in Chinese women.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Nov 2005
Chan Denise P C, Cheung Tak-Hong, Tam Ann O Y, Cheung Jo L K, Yim So-Fan, Lo Keith W K, Siu Nelson S S, Zhou Daniel X, Chan Paul K S
Abstract excerpt
To examine the association between human leukocyte antigen-A (HLA-A) allele polymorphism, human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and risk for cervical neoplasia in Chinese women, 263 patients (155 with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] II/III and 108 with invasive cervical cancer [ICC]) were compared with 572 controls. Overall, regardless of HPV status, a decreased risk for ICC was observed for patients...
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