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MHC Class II alleles in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer.
Gut - 1 Sept 2009
Garrity-Park M M, Loftus E V, Sandborn W J, Bryant S C, Smyrk T C
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Patients with ulcerative colitis are at risk for colorectal cancer (CRC). Although prior studies have shown a link between HLA genotypes and ulcerative colitis (UC) susceptibility, none have investigated HLA genotypes and UC-CRC. We therefore investigated HLA-DR/DQ alleles in UC-CRC c...
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