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Association between human leukocyte antigen class II alleles and human papillomavirus-mediated cervical cancer in Indian women.
Human immunology - 1 Apr 2009
Kohaar Indu, Hussain Showket, Thakur Nisha, Tiwari Pratibha, Nasare Vilas, Batra Swaraj, Singh Veena, Bhambani Suresh, Das Bhudev C, Sarkar Debi P, Bharadwaj Mausumi
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We investigated the association of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) II (DRB1 and DQB1) alleles with susceptibility to human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical precancer and cancer cases in a hospital-based case-control study in a northern Indian population. A total of 202 subjects, including 100 patients comprising 31 cervical precancer (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia [CIN] 2/3) and 69 invasive cervical...
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