Article
Relationship between immunoglobulin allotypes and susceptibility to nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Malaysia.
Cancer research - 1 Jun 1990
Tarone R E, Levine P H, Yadav M, Pandey J P
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between immunoglobulin allotypes and risk of developing nasopharyngeal carcinoma was examined in a comparative study of 50 Chinese cases and 140 Chinese controls and 50 Malay cases and 79 Malay controls residing in Malaysia. Although the most common Gm phenotype was elevated in b...
Topics
- China
- Disease Susceptibility
- Epitopes
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
- Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains
- Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
- Malaysia
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
- Phenotype
