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HLA association with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in southern Tunisia.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Jun 2010
Makni Hafedh, Daoud Jamel, Ben Salah Hanène, Mahfoudh Nedia, Haddar Olfa, Karray Héla, Boudawara Tahya, Ghorbel Abdelmonême, Khabir Abdelmajid, Frikha Mounir
Abstract excerpt
In order to study the association of HLA-A, -B and/or DRB1, DQB1 and the nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), 141 patients affected with NPC were typed for the HLA class I by serology method of microlymphocytotoxicity. Among these patients 101 were genotyped for HLA class II system by the PCR-SSP technique. HLA typing results were compared to those of 116 controls. We found that the HLA-A31 and -A33 antigens were...
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