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HPV-16 and HLA-DRB1 alleles are associated with cervical carcinoma in Mexican Mestizo women.
Archives of medical research - 1 Jul 2011
Alaez-Verson Carmen, Berumen-Campos Jaime, Munguía-Saldaña Andrea, Flores-Aguilar Hilario, Guardado-Estrada Mariano, Rodríguez-Gomez Araceli, Gorodezky-Lauferman Clara
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this report was to investigate the contribution of HLA-DRB1/DQB1 alleles to the expression of cervical cancer (CC) and squamous intraepithelial lesion (SIL) in Mexican patients. A total of 257 women were included in the study: 61with low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (LSIL), 30 with high-grade (HSIL), 73 with CC and 93 healthy females. All were Mexican Mestizos. For HLA class II typing,...
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