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The association between non-melanoma skin cancer and a young dimorphic Alu element within the major histocompatibility complex class I genomic region.
Tissue antigens - 1 Aug 2006
Dunn D S, Inoko H, Kulski J K
Abstract excerpt
A non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) susceptibility locus within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region was previously identified telomeric of the HLA-C gene using high-density microsatellite markers. Here, we have extended the previous microsatellite study by using the same DNA samples obtained from 154 NMSC patients and 213 normal controls from the town of Busselton in Western Australia and...
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