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A search for overlapping genetic susceptibility loci between non-Hodgkin lymphoma and autoimmune diseases.
Genomics - 1 Jul 2011
Conde Lucia, Bracci Paige M, Halperin Eran, Skibola Christine F
Abstract excerpt
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a hematological malignancy of the immune system, and, as with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases (ADs), is influenced by genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Persons with a history of specific ADs also have increased risk of NHL. As the coexistence of ADs and NHL could be caused by factors common to both diseases, here we examined whether some of the...
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