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Association of HLA DQ4-DR8 haplotype with papillary thyroid carcinomas.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Feb 2006
Porto Teresa, Coelho Ibraim, Boavida José, Pereira Clara, Nunes José M, Mendonça Denisa, Martins Berta, Sobrinho Luís G, Leite Valeriano
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The association of the human leucocyte antigen (HLA) system with thyroid carcinomas is not clear. We sought to relate HLA alleles to susceptibility to papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and also to clinical and pathological characteristics of PTC patients. DESIGN AND PATIENTS: The distribution of HLA in 181 unrelated Caucasian patients with PTC was compared to the HLA distribution in 315 normal...
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