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Gender-specific associations between MICA-STR and nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a southern Chinese Han population.
Immunogenetics - 1 Apr 2006
Tian Wei, Zeng Xiao-Min, Li Li-Xin, Jin He-Kun, Luo Qi-Zhi, Wang Fan, Guo Shi-Shi, Cao Ya
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have identified several HLA-B specificities that are associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) in populations of Chinese descent, in particular HLA-B35, -B38, -B46, and -B58. Perhaps except for HLA-B46, other associations cannot be simply accounted for by the linkage disequilibrium between HLA-A and B loci. The human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I chain-related gene A (MICA)...
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