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Frequency and mechanism of Lewis antigen expression in human urinary bladder and colon carcinoma patients.
British journal of cancer - 1 Apr 1991
Langkilde N C, Wolf H, Meldgård P, Orntoft T F
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the expression of Lewis antigens have been associated with cancer diseases, and recent results have pointed at a possible increased risk of cancer development among Lewis negative patients. The frequency of the erythrocyte Lewis phenotypes Le(a- b+), Le(a+ b-) and Le(a- b-) was analysed in patients suffering from urinary bladder cancer (82), colon cancer (21), and benign urological diseases (45). An...
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