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Human leukocyte class I antigen alleles A2 and A11 are not associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in West Malaysia.
Singapore medical journal - 1 Jul 2007
Lee L K, Tan E L, Gopala K, Sam C K
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INTRODUCTION: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is the second most common cancer among Malaysian Chinese males. We determined the frequencies of 17 human leukocyte antigens (HLA), HLA-A and HLA-B, alleles in 88 Malaysian Chinese with NPC. METHODS: Using polymerase chain reaction sequence-specific primers, the frequencies of 17 HLA-A and HLA-B alleles were analysed. They were A1, A2, A11, A31, A32, A33, B8, B13, B27,...
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